| The Earth's magnetic field does not move with the Earth out to arbitrary
| distances.

Yes it does, we are only concerned here with 24,000 miles.

There are significant variations in the Earth's magnetic field
due to solar wind effects at less than 24,000 miles. Assuming
pure rotation with the earth out to 24,000 miles is severe
oversimplification.

If you sincerely believe otherwise, then we have nothing more
to say to one another. Because in that case it is a matter of
(your) faith, not science. You have made claims, you have provided
no support for those claims. If you don't want to believe me,
check out any of the space weather web-sites.

With all due disrespect you are flat out wrong.
Got evidence? Try disproving all the data shown on various
sites monitoring real time near-Earth space weather.
http://spaceweather.com/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/data.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/spaceweather.html

Please provide support for contrary assertions if you choose
to continue. You may consider the effect of the solar wind
upon the Earth's B field out beyond 100km to be negligible,
but I do not.