[baudrunner]

Even if we take all the cosmological evidence in, we still must conclude that the measured speeds near the speed of light are local universal area pertaining only in relation to other areas, instead of correctly separating the two independent areas, into their own area independent light speeds.

I understand what you're saying Lloyd, that in essence the Universe is expanding uniformly and this effect is observed from any point of reference within it. I don't argue with that, but if reality is limited to this analysis wherein the rate at which anything can travel is limited by the rate of the propagation of light then you must acknowledge that the size of the universe could not be calculated to be around 156 billion light years in diameter if it is only 13.5 billion years old! Read this article to find out how in reality this is actually the case.

from the article (with reference to the expansion rate of the Universe):

There is nothing in special or general relativity to prevent this apparent velocity from exceeding the speed of light.

We are observing superluminal (faster than light) effects elsewhere in the Universe. This article describes the case of the blast wave left by a gamma-ray burst. The expanding ring does not observe limitations of the rate of propagation of radiations in the optical spectrum produced by simple excitation because of the intensity of the shock wave front produced by the blast wave, which exceeds the rate of light propagation.

from the article:

The apparent expansion rate of the ring is faster than light due to a relativistic effect which occurs when an emitting source moves at speeds close to the speed of light almost along the line of sight.

In other words, if you throw a ball at thirty miles an hour while on a train moving at one hundred miles an hour the ball is actually moving at one hundred and thirty miles an hour.

If you are unwilling to consider my theory of the nature of the propagation of light, which effectively explains particle-wave duality as well, then you will have trouble accepting the evidence for superluminal phenomenon. The community in general is averse to accepting that the "speed of light" represents merely just another barrier to be broken as evidenced by the cautionary approach of any discussion pertaining to phenomena which display superluminosity where words like "apparent" are routinely employed. My Universal wave theory to which you are referring is a postulate of what might be the case in reality, and I am not breaking any laws in describing it. It represents a good case for the existence of dark matter as well. Not only that, to describe the Universal front of creation to be occurring as a wave is natural and elegant.