LR3 destroys my RAW files. Impossible to make them look normal.

Hi!
Problem: Lightroom 3 and Adobe Camera RAW make my RAW files look very weird. No import preset is beign applied. Pictures look far too contrasted, saturated and with a yellow tint.
Before you answer: I have read a looot about this subject. I know RAW files cannot be actually destroyed and that LR3 isn´t doing anything to them. It just shows me  how he thinks the picture looks. Ok, I can live with that. It doesn´t have to look just like my JPGs, but I expect at least a similarity, not this horrendous thing. My point is that LR3 is WAY OFF and, apparently, this is not usual.
I use LR3 on a Windows 7 machine. This are Canon RAW files from my T2i.
I have Adobe Camera RAW 6.3 installed (latest version).
I dont apply any importing presets to my files
I tried changing Camera Profiles, but the tweaks are minor and don´t fix the issue.
Other software renders my RAW files perfectly: Photo Mechanic, Fast Stone and Canon DPP.
English is not my first language, so please excuse my grammatical errors.
EXAMPLE:
Both picture were taken using the same settings. I shooted in manual mode. My flash was set to manual for consistency. White Balance was set to flash mode. The first two pictures haven´t been retouched. They are straight exports from LR3. The third picture is my retouched RAW files. That was the closest I could get to my JPG.
I also tried changing my settings in the develop module to achieve  something similar to my JPGs, but I cannot get rid of the contrast and  washed out colors.
Bigger Size: http://i55.tinypic.com/2januyo.jpg
The only solution I have found is to make my White Balance adjustments on Canon DPP, and then save my RAW files to JPG. Only then will I use LR3 to preocess them. As you can see, i would like to skip Canon DPP, so if you could help make LR3 and ACR interpret my RAW files decently, I would thank you A LOT.

ssprengel wrote:
It is unfortunate that the RawRants writer doesn't provide links to the CR2 files so others might try converting them.
Yeah, it would have been more interesting if there was an opportunity for others to show what they could do with those raws... oh well.
ssprengel wrote:
I suspect the white-balance didn't work on the very first example photo-pair because the cloud area was clipped and LR doesn't allow WB-eyedroppering at a 100% area.  The solution is to click on a non-clipped area...
Good point.
ssprengel wrote:
And the part clear at the bottom about how Adobe hides the RAW behind a JPG...
I think he was on the war path at that point, and was reachin'...
ssprengel wrote:
If you click on the on B/W flower thumbnail it leads to a gallery with main paired images, where the NX versions of his poppies seem very oversaturated compared to the non-NX version.  Apparently he prefers the oversaturation.  Maybe his monitor is very dull.
NX2 really does tend to render very saturated yellows, especially the lighter tones. Most often I prefer Lightrooms subtler handling, but not always.
PS - I've found with enough fiddling, I can get Lightroom processed photos to look almost exactly the same as NX2 processed photos, and vice versa - really is the person behind the keyboard that is the biggest factor determining the final result.
On the other hand, how much fiddling you have to do in one vs. the other to get the results you want is pretty much what its all about... Blah, blah, blah...
Cheers,
Rob

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