Thanks for the posts guys (esp. marekk and sarotaz) your other posts got me fixed too...I updated my raw2dng, and rebuilt my ML cards with build 8. This cleared up my 'double raw menu' issues. I then turned off global draw, and did a test...no more pink blocks (at least in 960x540), and of course the new raw2dng fixed the stuck pixel issue. So WAYYYY better than my last run at this over the weekend... :-)
I do hope we can actually reach a point where global draw can run when we grab raw...I really like having my waveforms or histogram, but for now at least I can swap that on or off as needed.
Again - many thanks for all the posts from everyone - it let me infer what I needed and get things cleaned up.
in other topics (in case it helps others) I do have A Mosaic Eng. filter, and when I get a chance I will try some shots in raw and see if it does impact the image - I know in normal (compressed HD) footage the filter does what it advertises and clean up moire and aliasing...I will let you know what I find out, but it may be a few days before I can do a good test.