bill- i say things as i understand them and i am sorry if that is imprecise or muddled.that may be why you did not adress my challenges- maybe?!.
i am aware that beneficial mutations help an organism adapt and cope.what i do not believe is that the mutations lead to any increase in information.reshuffling and loss but not gain,even while benefial to an organism.no new,novel information == no evolutionary pathway.
the observations of natural selection is not evidence of microbes to man evolution. if you say it is you will need to demonstrate this without appeal to complex processes that are not demonstable.

i too am away over the weekend.   pete.