While I like what BH brought to the table, I sincerely feel the rest of the music and musicians are greatly overestimated by this statement, James. Maybe your glorifying the past 'cause of the feeling of excitement we all had when the '00-'01 incarnation burst in the spotlight?

Yes BH is vastly superior to BBF, with regard to their live performances and involvement with the songs. Sure, Finck put his stamp on some of these leaks we've heard (Better solo being the only one I can think of for now). But there's nothing magical about these guys adding a solo or two to songs that have been in the writing for the better part of 14 years. They (esp. BH) elevated mediocre songs to a higher level, but the end result is not something I would call magical.

It's not Spanish (or Portuguese)...

Try translating it with google translate, one of the sentences I got was this:

Well, seeing how they only kicked him out/he only left because of lack of interest and commitment (and not out of discontent with his abilities and performance), it kinda makes sense, doesn't it?

For a second there I believed you had some new information... turns out you're just teasing me, right?