I get a bunch of error messages when I run crontab -e

Here are the error messages.

And here is my crontab file under `/usr/bin/':

# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# m h dom mon dow user  command
17 *    * * *   root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6    * * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6    * * 7   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6    1 * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
30 *    * * *   root    rsync /home/dnaneet/Downloads/*.pdf /home/dnaneet/Downloads/pdfs/
#

I notice that the last task ('rsync') NEVER RUNS! Why is this happening? What did I do wrong?

Running Ubuntu 11.10/Bash. I have read this... Am I missing a shebang? And I don't know if my anacron jobs run.

Edit 1

In light of Masi's comment, I commented out lines 17 thru 25 of my crontab file with #.

Now when I run sudo crontab -e, all I get is:

/usr/bin/crontab: 11: 17: not found
/usr/bin/crontab: 12: 25: not found

(gedit:4301): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create

file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.GOHVBW': No such file or directory

(gedit:4301): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or

directory

What in the world?