>>1. Milk is a great source of nutrition.. for calves and babies! Nature intended for this drink to be consumed at early stages of development, where the calcium taken in would not be leeched by the protein. So check with your nutritionists first before assuming that it's right for you.. but if you do, by all means indulge.>>
Many cultures including various northern europeans and tribal africans have drank milk for a thousands of years (including the adults). As a result, people with said genetic inheritance have an abundance of lactase (the enzyme that digests milk) and are adapted to consuming large amounts of dairy products. For these people, consuming organic, truely freerange dairy products through adulthood is normal and healthy.
Also, in the book, "Becoming Vegan" the author claims that the protein content of milk does not significantly decrease calcium absorbtion, and that dairy calcium is very bio-available. Milk alone can build strong bones.
I completely agree that the modern dairy industry has some fucked up practices and reckon that synthetic hormones, puss, and blood are indeed not good to drink. What alarms me even more is the moral implications of "dairy farming" in general. Locking an animal up only too force them into stressfull lactation and an early death is sad and unnecessary in a society with the scientific capabilities required to stop it.