This post is absolutely fantastic!! Great job Quinzal. I personally think they should add a 4th spec and name it Earth Warden. That would fit right in with what you’ve outlined here.
I invite you to bring this to an older thread I have running about shaman tanking to limit the amount of clutter we’re producing on the shaman forums.
People are CLEARLY into this idea and the more we talk this out with as many people as possible, the better chance we have at getting it brought back into retail wow! Those of you that are concerned or are agaisnt it should voice their opinions there as well! It only helps the cause.