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Should I Buy the Extended Warranty?
Just bought a 2011 328i, 35,000 miles. Has a year left on the original factory warranty, and two years on some lesser coverage...can't remember the details. Dealer offers extended warranty which covers more stuff for longer....I think he quoted $2,000 but the quotes change as the car accumulates more miles, and eventually you can't buy such coverage at all.
2011 E90 328i, Nav, Premium, 6 spd Steptronic, Tasman Green, Beige Dakota Leather.
2006 325Ci, Premium, Blue, gray leather, Steptronic.
If you are not a DIY type then I think the majority opinion on this site is you should get it. Make sure you read the fine print though. There are tons of posts here about things people thought the extended warranty covered only to discover it doesn't.
I don't believe the majority would say buy it one year early for a 328i.
Your car should be one of the more trouble free non-turbo 3 Series ever made.
Insurance is for people who can't afford a repair ..... the house wins .... so if you can afford the car chances are you won't suddenly have over $1,000 per year in covered warranty repair bills in years 5 and 6.
"sometimes you're the windshield .... sometimes you're the bug"
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2009 328i Black Sapphire Metallic
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(Hey Jim... am I diversified?)
I'm definitely not a do it yourself type. Part of the sales pitch for the extended warranty was that its total cost would be offset by the first brake job. I'm going to read the fine print carefully.
2011 E90 328i, Nav, Premium, 6 spd Steptronic, Tasman Green, Beige Dakota Leather.
2006 325Ci, Premium, Blue, gray leather, Steptronic.
The maintenance plan which covers brakes, brake fluid change, wiper blades, oil changes, etc is definitely a rip.
You can predict when brakes will be needed (the biggest covered item) and may well get a brake replacement before the OEM full maintenance plan of 4 yr 50k mikes runs out. Many do.
The other covered items are also predictable so you can just do the math and see that the dealer wins almost every time.
"sometimes you're the windshield .... sometimes you're the bug"
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2009 328i Black Sapphire Metallic
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I just bought my car out of lease. I turned it back into the dealer, paid for the certification ($1300) and bought it back. I see it as $1300 for additional 2 year warranty. I also got a free detail and my BMW assist, roadside assistance is all covered. Not a bad deal really. Not sure it's possible for you to do that though.
I passed on the maint. plan (for now) because I have about 40k more miles left on back brakes and 47k more on front brakes (32k miles on the car). I more than likely won't go through a set of brakes in the next year, however I also might not go through them even in the next 2 years of the maint. plan. Although I would hope BMW would cover the brake job if I didn't use the maint. before the 6 years expired but not sure how good they are. To me, makes more sense just to pay for maint. as needed considering I only drive 10 to 12k miles a year.
Mechatronic sleeve, $800 dealer, $50 DIY. Water pump $1,350 dealer or Indy, $450 DIY. If you aren't a wrencher, then it can be very intimidating to an owner and take away from the ownership experience of the Ultimate Driving Machine. That said, I have never bought an extended warranty in my life but I have an AWESOME set of tools and I get to add to it for almost every BMW DIY I do. I might start a repair shop when I retire from my real job ;-)
You are correct about the house always wins.
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Hey Navy,
I posted this information on a different thread sometime within the past week. You might find it useful...
You need to figure out how many of these you will be needing, based upon the mileage accumulated in the two years after your factory 4 years runs out...(all these prices were taken from my e46 service within the past 2 years, prices from SF Bay dealership invoices)
Inspection II $690
Belts replaced $270
Fuel filter $270
Spark plugs $430
Thermostat replaced $240
Water pump replaced $700
Radiator hoses replaced $130
Brake pads, rotors, sensors (front) $660
And these prices were just quoted to me for an E90 328i sedan
Air filter $120
Microfilter $135
Brake fluid flush $195
Oil + filter $80-170 (depending upon brand of synthetic oil)
well, i guess one factor in determining if either an extended warranty or extended maintenance plan is a move in your favor is researching whether there is a very good independent bmw shop to perform the repairs and/or maintenance if it would be needed as that would be more cost effective than bringing it to the dealer. My guess is that just as with appliances the extended warranties are designed statistically to be $wise in favor of the dealer. Plus you also have to worry about whether or not it covers what will actually break (the warranty and maintenace plans may have many exclusions). In my opinion if there's a good independent shop in your neighborhood then the odds are even more in your favor to pass on it. I'll give you an example, with my subaru i needed my timing belt done which also allows one to easily replace the water pump and pulleys and a do a coolant change at the same time. Dealer wants about $1600, some independent shops want $1200, I researched on a subaru internet forum and found a really excellent reviewed shop that had an ongoing special of $710 to do the whole package. Would an extended warranty have covered it? Probably not as considered routine maintenance. Would an extended maintenance plan have covered it? Maybe only the timing belt part, although it's considered false economy not to do the water pump and pulleys since your already in there but it's not part of the routine maintenance schedule. So they may have still dinged me for a portion of the job even with an extended maintenance plan. I like getting my hands a bit greasy and changing my own oil etc, and then often times I'll notice a problem cropping up in it's early stages since I'm under the car, like a broken rubber boot on the CV axle joint or a dry rotting rubber brake hose and then I'll bring the car to the independent shop and have the problem addressed so it's good to be proactive in examining the systems on the car yourself to "nip it in the bud" when issues are starting to rear their heads. Good luck with your beemer.
if you decide to buy an esc , ask is it listed or excluded component coverage ( excluded is better), is the mileage total or additive , is it oem or independent, deductible and does it cover " high-tech" electronics( nav etc) , seals and such . maintenance is usually the owners responsibility and a separate contract. if you buy a maint plan, read it carefully , a lot of them are really just lube and inspection. as it is still under factory covg, most warr. underwriters consider it new and it qualifies for new car covg. which tends to be more comprehensive and less expensive. the normal up-charge ( gen 150 or so ) is after 12 mo- 12k miles. shop around, but buy from a dealer, they have the service depts. btw, the term "bumper to bumper" is meaningless.
2011 E90 328i, Nav, Premium, 6 spd Steptronic, Tasman Green, Beige Dakota Leather.
2006 325Ci, Premium, Blue, gray leather, Steptronic.
timthebug and ashewb......good advice...thank you!
2011 E90 328i, Nav, Premium, 6 spd Steptronic, Tasman Green, Beige Dakota Leather.
2006 325Ci, Premium, Blue, gray leather, Steptronic.
As far as your decision, I was faced with something similar with a Lexus, and I waited until the last week to buy the extended warranty (+4 years and up to 75K miles, again 'my' needs). I did not see the need to buy it early, taking a risk on inflation, but leaving the option open in case I wanted to sell the car.....
2005 530 6 speed/Sport/Prem/Cold black/black
2011 328i Sedan/6sp (lost to an accident and she is now at the big Roundel in the sky. )
1997 328i - gone "my first love"
ED May 14, 2010
My MY 2011 (in service date 5/10) is getting close to expiring this May. My car only has 28K on it and drive only about 7500 miles a year. I think I will just set aside a couple hundred bucks a month to get a "maintenance/repair fund" built up and just pay out of pocket any bills. But thinking with the low miles I put on the car, the last year of the e90 getting a lot of the bugs worked out I should be ok, but again one never knows but will have a little cash stashed away for the $500-$1000 repairs down the road.
To me with purchasing an extended warranty, there is a part of you that almost wishes something would break to justify your $2K+ money spent on the insurance. Just my .02
I rather just pay as I go along with repair items.
2005 530 6 speed/Sport/Prem/Cold black/black
2011 328i Sedan/6sp (lost to an accident and she is now at the big Roundel in the sky. )
1997 328i - gone "my first love"
ED May 14, 2010
I could show any woman how to do it the first time, then she can bat her eyes and get a guy to do it for her the next time
That being said, I would not buy another "maintenance plan extension" again because the dealer does not do a proper brake job under the plan. Only pad, no rotors unless they are completely shot. And then your brakes squeal. Of course if you pay cash then they do it correctly.
As for the extended warranty I think it only makes sense if you anticipate high mileage on your vehicle. I have now personally seen a lot of parts fail between 80k-100k and the repairs are not cheap. So if you are fairly certain to hit 100k before your 6 years is up then I would definitely consider it. But <80k and the odds are quite slim that you will exceed the cost paid. Parts fail due to mileage, not age of vehicle.
1993 325i - gone!
1997 328i - gone!
2011 328xi. Space Grey, Beige Dakota Leather, Premium pkg., Value pkg., NAV, SAT, Heated SW, Steptronic,
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I have taken two BMWs (E30, E46) to 135k miles before selling. Cars were relatively trouble free until 100k, then the repair bills started. Spending about $2 per year over two years yielded a trouble free car to about 130k, then a vacuum leak formed and I decided to sell it rather than spend the money to fix...the buyer was content to work on the problem himself. The E46 took $2k at about 100k, another $4k after another year, and then more than $2k in the third year...I left some things unfixed because I was fed up with spending $8k in three years (and who knows what in year 4)!!!
So 80k of trouble free driving is NOT indicative of what happens at 100k miles and later.
Hondo, you're creating a straw man...gimme a break. We're not talking here about replacing air filters and you know it. We're talking about repairs that require some technical know-how and/or a good set of proper tools and/or are potentially costly. There's no way I'm going to rebuild a set of brakes or replace a head gasket or replace plugs or whatever. This sort of thing is easy for you, so you're a dude. That's great. Maybe I'm giving bad examples and if so, have fun correcting me because I'm sure you will.
There are people on this forum who punish posters who raise concerns that are real to the poster.
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2006 325Ci, Premium, Blue, gray leather, Steptronic.
Myself, I have torn apart an engine and replaced all the drive bearings...the main crank, the rod bearings...over one weekend. So I DO have the skills.
Myself, I have torn apart an engine and replaced all the drive bearings...the main crank, the rod bearings...over one weekend. So I DO have the skills.
then after the warranty is up, I would get the extended warranty if I were you, One trip to the BMW place will pay for the repair, Especially if your ABS unit goes out
Yes I could probably do most of the work on my car, at this point in my life I choose to let someone else do it, some I do myself just because I dont like sitting at the BMW place for 3 hours. I purchased the EW for my 07 335 because these cars are not cheap when something goes wrong, so far its paid for itself
I own a 2010 328i xdrive that I bought new in 2010. I have about 47k miles on it and the warranty will expire in 2 weeks.
The car has been trouble free, I guess most of the bugs were ironed out for the e90 non-turbo cars by the time I bought it, or I just got lucky.
At this rate, I would not be getting more free maintenance nor I expect anything to fail in the next 2 weeks.
I do not plan to buy the extended warranty which had been quoted by the dealer for $2495 - too much I thought.
I plan to drive the car a quite a bit less after the warranty expires but would definitely keep up the maintenance - Oil change, brake pads, transmission service (optional), tires, brake fluids, etc. I will keep the car until the first sign of costly repair or 6~7 years.
I also have a 09 Civic SI and I bought a 7 year 84k extended warranty and I plan to drive it for another couple of years. It costed me only $600 to buy that warranty, but then the car have been trouble free and I don't expect to use the EW in the next two years.
For the 328i, the reliability has been beyond my expectations and now that I have had 4 years of trouble free service, all thoughts about trading it in for a F30 has vanished.
my 0.02.
Go Navy, have you decided what to do yet?
I was reviewing all the paperwork from my CPO purchase, trying to correlate what Service said about oil, brakes, and a couple of other things for Next Service vs. what I was reading via dash status reports. While doing that I spent more time reading over the offered extra cost services via BMW. There are two Maintenance Upgrade Services, different from the CPO Warranty. Yet on bimmerfests posts folks only refer to a generic 'extended warranty'. Since you and I are in somewhat similar circumstances in time of purchase and miles and CPO status (and model and features!), I thought I would review what was offered to me (assuming similar to what you are considering)
(#1 + #2 + #3) makes your car like having a new car warranty with service included, for up to 6 years or 100k miles (rather than usual 4 years 50k miles). In view of the fact that we both own cars with about 30k and 3 years gone before we purchased, effectively these two give us 3 yr/70k miles protection against warranty failures AND service costs.
Now an analysis...
So, for me, cost of #1 + #2 effectively amounts to about $1300 per year, for maintenance and repair services (while CPO covers parts).
Since most folks tell others to expect to budget $1000/year on BMW maintenance (beyond what in included with new cars) I figure this effectively $300/year for warranty component failure.
A few folks would say $2000 per year, so if you believe these folks, we have $700/year or more over what has been 'prepaid' by us.
Assuming we drive 15k/year (the national median), we can expect to run into the following costs:
On top of those things (not sure if they are included by most folks maintenance budget for annual costs) are new tires, alignments.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:12 am
Post subject: 2006 Mock Roster w/ explanations
This is how I would like our team's roster to be next year.
QB: Philip Rivers-At 30, Chad Pennington is too old and injury prone to be the franchise quarterback of this team. Rivers is young and has lots of potential. I know you might question him because he's been on the bench for 2 years, but we can get him back in game shape in a year, maybe two. Scouts say Rivers has good arm strength, good feet to move away from the rush in the pocket, makes good decisions, and a good leader that demands respect in the huddle.
RB: Reggie Bush (R)-I know its favored for San Francisco to get him, but he would be great in NY. He is a playmaker that'll give life to the offense. He can help us out at receiver and punt returner also. I know he can't carry the ball 25 times a game but if we use him well, he may just become the most dangerous, versatile weapon in the game. Plus he's got Curtis Martin to mentor him and he's a disciplined guy off the field. Blaylock and Houston will take the load off him.
FB: Jerald Sowell-I know he's old(32 next year) but he is one of the most underrated fullbacks in the lead. He has sure hands and will give Rivers a sure-handed option in the red-zone. He is an excellent blocker and has sprung Curtis Martin for consistent 1,000 yard seasons after the departure of Richie Anderson.
WR: Laveranues Coles, Charles Rodgers, and Jerricho Cotchery-Coles will be a great target for Rivers because he is consistent, physical, good jumping ability, and has that playmaking speed. He'll show why New York thought they were getting the better of the Coles-Moss trade. I'm sick of McCareins and his inability to catch passes, especially game winners. Now before you guys get angry about Charles Rodgers, just think. He'll be available next season because of a bad situation in Detroit. He's a great athlete, and Herman Edwards(if he stays) will be able to control his off the field antics. He wasn't picked 2nd overall in the 2003 draft for nothing. And believe me, it won't take Rodgers almost a season and a half to get his first 100 yard receiving game. With Chrebet most likely done for his career, Cotchery will step into the slot position and become the possession WR on the offense.
TE: Chris Baker-He as emerged as a great tight end target and blocker this year and will carry it into next year. Will give Rivers option in red zone.
O Line is difficult to assess due to the huge number of free agents and good lineman in the draft.
D Line: John Abraham, Dewayne Robertson, Orien Harris, and Shaun Ellis-Abraham Abraham is a play-maker through and through. He'll sign that multi year and million dollar contract he wants...if he stays healthy. When he's healthy and getting after the QB, he'll create more INTs for the secondary. Robertson is young but will take time to progress into a factor. Orien Harris can help our defense by clogging up the holes and stop the run. Ellis will be the other playmaker on the other side of the line and him and Abraham will make the game hell for the opposing QB and O Line.
LBS: Eric Barton, Jonathon Vilma, and Victor Hobson-Great group of young, talented run stoppers. Barton will bounce back after the injury he sustained this year but it will be unlikely if he will lead the team in tackles even if he becomes that tackling machine he was in 2004. Vilma is the star of the D and will take his play to superstar level(if it isn't already at it.) He is an excellent tackler, coverage backer, and leader. He is the next Ray Lewis AND WILL BE the best linebacker in the game. Hobson is young and consistent when healthy. He will get tackles and maybe an INT. But he will force and recover fumbles. With Mark Brown, Barry Gardener, and Darrell Mcclover to back these guys up, the linebackers will not tire themselves out and will have starter-capable guys to fill in for them to give them a rest.
DBS:Ty Law, Derrick Strait, Justin Miller, Erik Coleman, Kerry Rhodes-Law will bring experience to this young, blossiming secondary. Though Law has trouble with penalties, his ballhawking ability and coverage skills making him look 5 years younger. Strait is an up and comer and is a great DB with a bright future to replace Barrett who maybe a good tackler, is a bad coverage man. Miller will rotate with Strait and cover the faster receivers. Miller also has a bright future with plenty of potential. Coleman needs to be the ballhawker he was in 2004. Not the best tackler like Rhodes, he will need the D Line and LBs to take care of the run. Rhodes is also a ballhawker like Coleman, but will need a few years to become a more complete safety. He will rotate reguarly with Andre Maddox, Oliver Celestin, and Rashad Washington.
K: Mike Nugent-Nuge may be a disappointed this year, but inexperience can limit talent for only a certain amount of time. Nuge has a great leg and will create touchbacks on kickoffs and will make game winning field goals in the final seconds of crucial games.
P: Ben Graham-We took a chance signing him from Australian Rules and boy has it paid off. He is a great punter and has excellent leg strength with the ability to tackle the returner if it comes to that point. The 31 year old rookie has become a punter we can keep and rely on for the next few years. Kind of sad though that he was the best 2005 acquistion.
I know you all may have different ideas but this is what I would like to see next season.[/b]
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A couple of problems...but overall good.
1st thing to clarify is that Philip Rivers is in game shape. What you meant is he'll need a year or two to gain real experience. If you are a backup QB in the NFL you MUST be in game shape. If you are on an NFL roster coming into training camp then pre-season and then the regular season you MUST be in game shape. It is required. Anyway...I like Rivers at QB because in all likelihood we won't have to give up a 1st rounder because he has never started a game.
2nd thing Ty Law probably won't be on the roster next year because of his roster bonus we'll probably cut him before March 1st.
3rd thing, if we can get Brian Leonard in the 4th round I think we should, at least to be tutored by Sowell. I mean in all seriousness Leonard might be the next Alstott (not making that comparison just because they are both white btw! I could have also said Natrone Means or Richie Anderson or Mike Anderson during his FB days for that matter!). Anyway, point being we definitely should grab Leonard if we can get him on Day 2, even if he isn't our starter right away.
4th thing, while it would be interesting to have Charles Rodgers, his off field problems are also injuries such as two broken collarbones. Personall I want to see Cotchery take over as the #2 and see what he can do. This kid broke all of Torry Holt's records at NC State, it could be worth it...and remember, if we get Philip Rivers we're talking Rivers and Cotchery reunion. Now that would be nice. Chemistry right away...
Lastly, educated guesses regarding our offensive line could be made such as...
Kevin Mawae will start next season, unless he retires. Pete Kendall played all right at the OG position and won't be cut. Fabini is most likely done in New York. Often injured, clearly aging, and too expensive for us to keep. Brandon Moore will be here for a while. Adrian Jones will be given another year to prove himself. We'll probably take a C in the draft for Mawae to tutor. So basically our line should look pretty similar except no more Fabini and Mawae will be grooming an heir.
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the first thing i have to say is the jets are under the tightest cap i can ever remember, second thing is the abraham will not be a jet if philip rivers is a jet.
QB - Pennington, hes going to be back like it or not, and hes going to be better, if not well the jets will trade for rivers and he will be the backup
RB - Reggie Bush is likely to be a jet. He will share carries with MArtin whose and Penningtons saleries will be cut
FB - BJ Askew - I love JErald Sowell but i think the jets look to get younger and faster and thats Askew
WR - Coles, Cotchery, McAirnes - Cotchery and McAirens will be nice possession recivers. Rogers would be sexybut they need some cap room so well see
TE - Jolley and Baker - I think there both great TEs and i like having them both. Both have shown that they are good pass catching TE's.
OL - who knows but fabini will not be back, MAwae i believe will but who knows
DL - Bryan Thomas - Dewayne Robertson - Orien Harris - Shaun Ellis - SOlid run stopping line, and abraham gets tagged then traded for philip rivers, and maybe a draft pick.
LB - BArton - Vilma -Hobson - Solid but i think hobson could easily get replaced.
DBs MIller - Barrett - Rhodes - Coleman - Ty LAw will be released, Miller will be the new LCB. Barrett is the best player ing the secondary on the team, and is an all around great corner, and unkike law he tackles good. I dont know whats wrong with Erik Coleman this year but hes playing horrible, but has a lot of upside, rhodes too. Miller will continue to develop.
Overall - if knowone gets hurt they could be 9-7 or better but im being nice. They have to play more consistant on defense to make a run next year. But i think 9-7 will be fair
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I agree with a lot of that...my mock off-season...
Jay Fiedler
- Old, injured, cap space
Vinny Testaverde
- Old, injured, cap space, and probably will retire
Derrick Blaylock
- He was a joke of a solution to replacing Lamont Jordan
Jerald Sowell
- We love you Sowell, you are a great blocker and catch the bootleg extremely well but we need the money.
Justin McCareins
- He can't catch, period. Unless he proves it by the end of the season that he belongs in New York he'll be gone. Cap space.
Jason Fabini
- Overrated, overpaid, often injured, and well beyond his prime. Fabini won't be in New York next year.
John Abraham
- It won't be that we're cutting him. It's that we're not re-signing him. We don't have enough cap room to tag him and trade him for players. We might tag him and trade him for picks. Bryan Thomas can do the job.
James Reed
- He's a 285 pound DT. Enough said.
Lance Legree
- Good joke by the Jets organization thinking Legree would add any sort of depth.
Ty Law
- That roster bonus won't be going to him. Most likely Ty Law will be a Patriot next season.
I agree that Erik Coleman is playing poorly. He played a bit better last night. He had a great rookie campaign and this has overall been a really tough year for our defense so you can't really judge a bunch of young guys in this tough a situation.
Jonathan Vilma for DPOTY! 119 tackles in 11 games! He leads the NFL in tackling right now! BEAST!
Chad Pennington (Shorten length)
Curtis Martin (Restructure)
Kevin Mawae (Shorten length)
Pete Kendall (Shorten length)
Dewayne Robertson (Restructure for betterment of team)
Free Agency...I doubt we'll have enough money to sign any big names.
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Nice work but you have to take the salary cap into consideration. ekill08x is right about our cap space. Abraham and Rivers wont be on the same team next year. Also, Spiel612 has a point, Law will not be a Jet next year until he realizes that he's not the best CB in the league anymore and restructures his contract. Here is what I think the depth chart will look like:
QB: Chad Pennington
- I think he will come back next year and have a solid season. He will have a full year to recover and take his time and not speed up the physical training. I think he will restructure his contract, he has done it before. He gave money back to the team to get Coles and he knows that he didnt earn his paycheck this season. <
QB 2: Bollinger
- "Brooksie" has proven he can play and has played well considering the condition he was thrown into,
: Pick up in draft/
retires as a Jet,
is released for cap reasons>
RB: Curtis Martin
- Martin is doing his job this season and he deserves to be given another chance next year. His success last year came from a good passing game and a healthy o-line. With Pennington back and a one year of the new sysem under the belt, the offense wont have a problem next season. Martin is still going to get 1,000 despite the fact that everyone knows when the Jets are going to run. I give him two more years before he retires and six before he goes to Canton. <
With the (?) pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, the Jets select
Reggie Bush
, RB, USC. He will get plenty of PT too.
RB 3: Housotn
released for cap reasons>
FB: Jerald Sowell
- Sowell has been a bright spot on the offense this season. He has blocked well and he has made himself a threat in the red zone. He will definately be back next year. He is not the best in the league but the Jets focus shouldnt be on FB in the offseason. <
FB 2: Askew
WR: Laveraneus Coles, Justin McCariens
- There is a good chance that these two can get 100 rec. between the two which is good when you take into consideration the QB, o-line and time of possesion. Coles will get his swagger back with Pennington and McCariens will prove to be a solid threat at #2. He knows the system better than anyone on the offense and is capable of taking pressure off Coles. With the Pennington healthy during the training camps, chemistry with the recievers will come. <
WR 3: Cotcherey
: Pick up in draft/
TE: Chris Baker
- He has grown into a complete TE. His loss was bigger than most might think. He is a reliable check down target and can run after the catch. He has improved at blocking too. <
: Free Agent (perhaps Jason Dunn from KC or another blocking TE),
TE 3: Driessen
T: Adrian Jones, Free Agent or Rookie
- Jones has played well. This was his first year starting and he has played on both sides of the line. He is almost as versatile as Goodwin. His counterpart, on the otherhand, is a good question. Maybe the Jets grab Marcus McNiell from Auburn or Jabari Levey from USC in the 3rd or 4th round. <
T 3: Morely
T 4: Free Agent
released for cap reasons,
G: Pete Kendall, Brandon Moore
- When Kendall was at LG, he played well as he did last year. Moore is reluctant enough to still be where he was in week 1 He is a good young player for the Jets. This duo is solid. <
G 3: Goodwin
G 4: Snell
C: Kevin Mawae
- Was usually a durable player. Hopefully he will stay healthy next season. He has shown no signs of retiring anytime soon and he is still one of the leagus best. He should return to the Pro Bowl next year. <
: Pick up in draft>
DE: John Abraham, Shaun Ellis
- Easily in the top 5 of tandem DE's in the NFL. Jets are stupid to think twice about locking up Abraham long term. He requires so much attention from offenses and without him, the Jets pass rush is gone...completely. Parcells was smart to draft two bookends on the d-line and he did it because of what the Jets have now. Dominate DE's. <
DE 3: Thomas, DE 4: Johnson
DT: Dewayne Robertson, James Reed
- Robertson was solid as a DT behind Ferguson last season. He has shown promise this season but will obviously be better with a solid DE to compliment him. I dont think Reed is the answer. But he is the best they have now. Pouha was a waste of a 3rd round pick. Legree is good off the bench and can be good as a goal line stuffer and also as a rotator on the line. I think the Jets need to take a hard look at the FA DT's and also in the draft. Orien Harris from Miami can be a good player to draft in the 2nd or 3rd round and can start immediately. <
: Free Agent or Rookie,
DT 4: Legree
MLB: Jonathan Vilma
- I dont really need to say much here. Vilma is a beast. If he gets more picks, he could win DPOY. <
MLB 2: Brown
MLB 3: Wright
OLB: Eric Barton, Victor Hobson
- I think that Hobson has improved more than anyone on the unit. He always seems to be in the pile with Vilma. Looks like a #2 pick now. Barton is sometimes overly aggressive but has good instincts and is good on the weakside. The linebacker postion is most solid postion on the entire team. <
OLB 3: McClover, OLB 4 Gardner
CB: Ty Law, David Barrett
- There is a huge question mark here, almost anything can happen. If Law stays, the group is good, if he goes, the group is obviously downgraded. It wouldnt be all that bad though. The Jets would have some money and they would get to see how the young CB' respond with more PT. Justin Miller will eventuall be a starter and Straight seems like he would be a good Cover 2 player. His speed isnt great but he has waht it takes to get the job done. <
CB 3: Miller, CB 4: Straight
S: Eric Coleman, Kerry Rhodes
- The youngest position on the team is this one. In my opinion, Coleman has dropped off a bit. He is still the best safety the Jets have and he isnt bad. I guess it is just that the D is on the feild longer do they are more prone to give up plays. You know they will still draft one though. Herm loves his safeties. They can be solid special team players though Celestin, Washington and Maddox next year should all compete for the starting spot and get Coleman working again and Rhodes proving he is a starter. <
S 3: Celestin, S 4: Washington, S 5: Maddox
K: Mike Nugent
- I dont need to say much here.
P: Ben Graham
- I dont need to say much here either.
KR: Justin Miller
PR: Reggie Bush
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:32 pm
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So Jrod8484, you're basically saying that next year's roster will be identical to this years' with the exceptions of Bush and Fabini?? We need more playmakers and protection on offense and better run stoppers on defense. I can't understand why you guys like our O Line so much. So what if they lost Fabini and Mawae? This group gave up i don't know how many sacks or hurries(eventuallly I lost count) which forced Pennington to fumble 8 TIMES IN 3 GAMES when the unit was healthy. I second guess Fabini, Kendall, and Moore. We should at least replace 2 of them; they're just not protecting the QB or opening up holes for Martin who has had only 1, just one hundred yard rushing game. It's pathetic. And if we want Bush for next year, we gotta protect him a lot better and open holes because he is not a power back and his smaller frame could get him hurt. If we want Leinart, we especially need to protect him otherwise it'll be Chad Pennington all over again since he had surgery on his throwing arm in high school and on his elbow before his senior season. And why do you guys want Pennington to be our QB?? He will not be able to take this franchise to the next level and will NEVER play a full 16 game season. His arm strength is terrible and after two very recent shoulder surgeries I feel it's safe to assume that his arm strength is even worse. He won't be able to get those deep throws to Laveranues Coles and create big plays. He is getting paid like 12 million this year to stand on the sideline and wave his little towel around in the air. Someone (I think Herm should) needs to sit down and talk to him. They need to tell him he is no longer the future and franchise QB and that the best thing he could do for the team is take a huge paycut.
Ok I'm sorry, do you WANT to lose? I throw, you catch, it's not that hard, ok? All right now get the f@$% outta here.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:55 pm
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Besides the age difference, the Jets are virtually the same team that lost to the Steelers in the AFC Conference game last year. And in the offseason, the Jets were predicted, by most, to win the East. The only difference from this squad and last years squad is: an upgrade at cornerback, no McKenzie on the o-line, no Ferguson on the d-line, a new kicker and a new system. Chad Pennington proved to be a leader that year. His 65 yd TD to Moss agaianst San Diego in the Wildcard game was all the arm strength he needs. He is an accurate QB. No one gave him crap in 02-03 when he was second to only Gannon (the MVP) in Passer Rating. He was the franchise QB then. He wasnt 100% opening day this year but he will be next year. Everyone thinks that the Jets need to completely rebuild. Thats crazy. We are not in the same position as the 49ers or the Texans. We just had bad luck with the injuries. I honestly believe that his injury so early in the year will benefit him. He would have definately been 70-80% the whole season and could have possibly had surgery again after the season, the same sinario as this year. But now he has a full year. Im not in denial, Im just not panicing. I know the Jets could be in the thick of the playoff race if we were healthy. But they have 10 players on IR and probably 10 more on the injury list. Pennington will take a paycut, hopefully we will draft Bush, and then we just have to focus on upgrading our o-line at the tackle position and getting a run stopping DT.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:50 pm
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I agree with both of you in a sense.
Yes, Pennington is 30 now and has had two operations on the same shoulder, his throwing shoulder. However, according to ESPN Pennington will be healthy by March of 2006 and will be 10 pounds heavier with a new release form. His new release should add to his arm strength a bit and should decrease the amount of floaters he puts up. He still won't have a great arm, but he won't float the ball as much.
If anyone remembers the Jets-Colts in 2003-04 when we went 6-10 he threw a floater to Jonathan Carter that almost allowed the CB to catch up to Carter, luckily it was accurate enough that Carter took it for a TD. Pennington has great accuracy and next season he'll have a better release.
I felt like the franchise was in trouble when Pennington went down, but its pretty clear that we aren't in as much trouble as others. Lucky for us we get a high draft pick either way.
As for our offensive line, I loathe Jason Fabini.
I think Adrian Jones has played well for a first year starter, especially one who had to play at both left and right tackle. I think when we move him back to Right Tackle he'll be even better. I also think that once Kendall moves back to Guard he'll return to old form. Mawae is a Hall of Famer and he has no thoughts of retirement just yet. We need his successor. Mawae is a team player and will have no problem training an heir to his throne of best center in football. Brandon Moore has been without question the best lineman on the team. He's young, he's big, and he's got a good heart.
Moore and Jones will be good on the right side in the future. Kendall and Mawae will probably be gone after next season, and Fabini will be gone after this season. In all likelihood our offensive line will be very young going into the 07-08 season.
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There are 2 effects processors on the unit. The first is a multi-effects processor that you can apply to any channel on the way in. It prints the effect to the track as you record. You assign it to one of the inputs. Or you can bounce out one of the outputs back into the unit if you choose. The second effect is a room simulator that is applied to all channels via an effects buss. It is used for room reverb vocal effects etc. The multi effects processor includes guitar, Bass, Vocal and Drum effects. In addition there is per channel EQ and a multi-band dynamics processor for mastering. I hope this helps.
BTW the manual does stink!
I just got the Tascam 2488neo. I thought I was upgrading from my Fostex VF-16, but now I'm not so sure. Tascam claims you can use their on-board multiple effects (chorus & reverb on vocals for example) and pick the channels that the effects will apply to. It appears that you can only do one and it seems to apply to all channels. The manual is of little to no help. Anyone out there have any suggestions before I go totally bonkers? Thanks!


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I got my 2004 WRX with no keyless remote but I do know that the module is there cause when I lock all doors and close the doors, the car will chirp once.
So I got a used remote, the one with orange and blue buttons and tried to program it... with the following instruction taking care to unplug the battery 15 seconds and replug before programming.
Guess what... It just wont work
What do I miss in the procedure??
Thanks for any help!
Unlock all doors, foot on brake, all doors closed. Cycle key quickly but carefully on-off appr 10 times until the car honks one time.
Do not turn the key far enough to start the car, just to the 'on' position so the dashboard lights up.
When the horn honks, open and close the driver's door, press any remote button and that's it.
Program another remote? Quickly open and close the driver's door again and push a button on the 2nd remote. That's it.
When you're done, remove the key and the horn should honk 3 times. You're all set.
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As I wondered how to choose the theme that I wanted use to mark my term as president of HSACCC, a common thread appeared in my thoughts. I saw that I was considering the many angles of "making connections ". It started with noting the constellation of HSACCC health services directors' initial foray into nursing. I imagine there was a draw to the connection between science and the human condition leading to the connection between one human being helping another through the art of nursing.
As we moved along that path we found our way into the service of California community college students and in that place joined HSACCC. At the end of a board retreat last year, I happen to be the one to have enough room in my office to store the carton of HSACCC historical documents and so I have them. I spend a recent evening going through them. Starting in 1974, our predecessors hammered out by-laws that eventually joined the northern and southern areas. They also spent a good deal of time in legislative advocacy. There is a subject paper entitled "Mental Health Guidelines for Community Colleges" written for the state legislature in 1979. Noting in part, "mental health is essential to the successful pursuit and attainment of educational goals…academic stress, critical career choices, economic pressures, difficult family relations, complex marital and alternative lifestyles, grief reactions and identity crises are common problems…..there are groups such as minorities, veterans, immigrants, disabled and re-entering students whose mental health is affected by special needs". With a few edits, that could have been written this year! As I worked my way through that box I felt immense gratitude for those who came before us, not recognizing the names, but knowing the documents and philosophies we now use as our foundation stemmed from many working hours and thoughtful discussions. Always reminded that this is a volunteer organization! Making that connection to the past is important for me to know that we all stand on a solid foundation. That the knowledge that our historic mission and our current mission remain succinctly focused on the success of our student charges no matter the lofty arenas we may enter to do that.
As I created my term goals, a simple two with a short list of objectives each, I see that I have built them on connections. The first, to bolster the infrastructure of HSACCC, is a baton handed to me from Naomi Forey. We decided to link our goals to give more time to fulfill them. The area and regional structure of HSACCC is well framed and provides us all with tremendous support when fully engaged. There is less stress on each link when they are all in place. And conversely, there is immense benefit when connections can be the conduits for ideas, data collection from the annual survey, telling our story and more. Our dedication and collective knowledge is immense and I can only imagine what we could do when this is harnessed. One of my objectives for this goal is to "make connections" with many of our directors personally. While I enjoy the benefits and ease that e-connections afford, there is something about meeting in person and seeing our health centers that I believe makes for a richer understanding of our situations and needs. An idea well illustrated recently in a day spent at San Joaquin Delta College helping them as they work to create the first health services on that campus. The second goal I have is to explore one of our strongest original intents as an organization; that of legislative advocacy. I believe this is the place we will have the greatest impact for greatest number of our students. This involves a great deal of connection making! No good work is done in isolation. Working as a team with my colleagues, presenting to the Community College League of California, the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges, to the Foundation of California Community Colleges telling our story and continuing to tell our story to others is a part of "making connections" that is essential to building a platform for advocacy. I will outline my goals and objectives in more detail at our area meetings in October. Be sure to come! Northern October 14th at Cabrillo College; Southern October 28th at Santiago Canyon College.
And lastly, my most inspiring "making connections" moment occurred in this month of August when I was asked to speak to our student leaders of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges. I again told our story, which is really their story. They responded with insightful questions and the pledge of support for our mission to serve them. The connection and passion that we have for our student communities, one human being helping another with the art of nursing, was clear and fiercely set for me. As I saw this group of student leaders doing the work of understanding how to be the best advocates for their 2.1 million peers, I knew and know that I will work with the connections theme to create the most supportive health services possible for them. This is our work together as the Health Services Association of California Community Colleges.
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I would like to say one thing about this issue of ideology. We had hearings on it. I know Senator Schumer advocated that we ought to consider ideologyI guess he meant politicsof the nominee. Some of my friends across the aisle asked: Why do Republicans nominate Republicans and Democrats Democrats, if ideology doesn't matter?
We voted for those nominees. President Clinton had confirmed during his tenure as President of the United States 377 Federal judges. This Senate voted down one judge. That is all we voted down on the floor of the Senate. None were blocked in committee. All were voted out of committee, unless they had objections from home State Senators and came up until the last of the administration. And 41 judges had been nominated and were pending either in committee or on the floor when President Clinton left office. Comparing that to when President Bush left office and the Democrats controlled the Senate, there were 54 nominees pending and unconfirmed.
I think all of us need to take a deep breath and to remember that the judiciary is made up of human beings. They are appointed by the President. Our President believes in judicial restraint. He believes that judges should not enact political agendas from the bench. That is the criteria he has usedthat and excellence and integrity. Miguel Estrada, probably as much as any nominee we have ever had, represents excellence, integrity, and experience that would qualify him for the job. Indeed, he unanimously won the highest rating from the American Bar Association, "well qualified."
But I will just say that we did, in fact, vote overwhelmingly for President Clinton's judges--377, and one we voted down. Only 41 were left pending when he left office, which is well within the tradition of this Senate.
Frankly, if people get nominated late, they don't have time for hearings. Sometimes the Senate will think, let's see how the election comes out and leave some hanging. That has always happened here. That can be criticized. But we do that. What we are seeing now is a slowdown of nominees at the beginning of the process.
I also note that as we considered these nominees we had hearings on the burden of proof. A group of liberal professors met with the Democratic leadership soon after President Bush was elected President. They made a proposal that the ground rules of judicial nominations should be changed. They didn't propose it while President Clinton was nominating his nominees, many of which were ACLU members, and many of which were strongly pro-abortion, and those kinds of things. They didn't raise that then. But as soon as the election was over, they proposed changing the ground rules, according to the New York Times report of that event. One of the things was that they would consider ideology. Another one was that they would change the burden of proofthat for the first time in history the burden would be on the nominee to somehow prove that they were worthy of the appointment instead of having the Senate review the presumptive power of the President to make the nominee and then if disagreeing object to them. That was a big deal. We had hearings on that in the court subcommittee of the Judiciary, of which I am a member.
Senator Schumer was an advocate of both of these positions.
But the hearings he held were fair, and we had an interesting debate about it.
I will just say, being the ranking Republican during that time, that the witnesses and the evidence we took to me clearly did not support changing the ground rules. People such as Lloyd Cutler, who was counsel to the White House under Presidents Carter and Clinton, opposed that. He believed that nominees should be given also the presumption of confirmation. I thought it was pretty successful in how we handled it, and that the evaluations we considered on the issue should not be changed. The rules ought not to be changed to going to a different way of considering nominations.
Senator HatchI have to agree, and I think my colleague, Senator Leahy, would agree with thisset forth a principal position for evaluating judges. He said we should consider judicial philosophy. He did not say we should consider their politics. He talked about judicial philosophy and the danger. The issue that concerned him and concerned most Americans was the question of judicial activism. This was a philosophy taught in law school for many years. I think maybe hopefully that it is a little less prominent today than it was 15 or 20 years agothat good judges shove the envelope, good judges should be activists, they should promote good causes and use the power of their office to further causes which they believe are just and to strike blows for the poor, and that kind of thing. It was a strong philosophy.
But the truth is that is a dangerous philosophy. When you are talking about a lifetime appointment of a person to the Federal bench, they should understand that they are not empowered to render rulings that go beyond the plain meaning of the law. They should not render rulings that twist the meaning of wordsgiving words new and different meanings than were intended when the Congress passed legislation, or when the Constitution was written. That is a very important issue to me.
On this question of activism, when you give an unelected judge and an unelected court lifetime appointments with no accountability to the people, the power to redefine the meaning of words and to change historic understandings of our clauses and phrases in our statutes and in our Constitution, we have diminished democracy because they are democratically accountable. If we changed the law, they can vote us out of office. The next group of Senators or Congressmen can change the law if we vote badly. But if they declare that the Constitution says you can't do this or you must do that, then it is much, much more difficult to deal with.
Certainly, in this Congress we do not want to impeach judges because we disagree with their opinion. What we need are judges on the bench who are honorable, intelligent, capable, and who understand their role, which is to enforce the law as written.
And that is the kind of judge we ought not have fear of, as one witness said.
Why should we fear a judge who shows restraint? Our liberties are not at risk by a judge who shows restraint. Our liberties are at risk when we have a judge who believes they have the ability to go beyond what statutes say and to do what they think is right. You have heard them say: Well, the legislature would not act, so the judges had to act. That is not legitimate. If the legislature did not act, that is a decision of the legislature, a decision not to act. It is no less valid than a decision by a legislature to act on a matter.
Judges ought to follow the law as written. They ought to understand the great power of that branch of Government. They ought to be independent. They should strike down laws that are unconstitutional. That is not being activist. If a law is in violation of the Constitution, a conservative or liberal judge, I hope, will strike it down. We have accepted that since Marbury v. Madison, since virtually the beginning of this country. But that is not activist.
What is activist is to misrepresent what the Congress intended, to twist the meaning of the words of the Congress, or to alter the meaning of the words of the Constitution to promote a short-term political agenda. I really think that is our problem. Activism can be defined in a number of ways, but it is quite different from a person's political philosophy.
To me, the high water mark of judicial activism was when we had two members of the U.S. Supreme Court dissent on every single death penalty case. Their dissent was, they believed the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment and the Constitution prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment. They said, according to the changing standards they live in today, this was no longer compatible with humane or legal systems or modern thought, and therefore they just found it cruel and unusual to execute anyone by any means, and therefore the whole death penalty statute should be struck down.
The reason that was particularly ill advised, in my view, is that at the time the Constitution was adopted, it had the cruel and unusual punishment language in it but it also had six or eight references in an approving way to a death penalty. They talked about capital crimes and what the rules should be in a capital crime. And capital crimes are death penalty cases. They said life, liberty, and property cannot be taken without due process of lawyou can't take life. That means a death penalty.
Every State in the Union at the time the Constitution was written had a death penalty, and so did the Federal Government have death penalties. So for those two judges to actually dissent in case after case after case, to me, was merely imposing their personal views at one moment in time over the established will of the legal system that had been from the beginning. It is also contrary to the views of the majority of the States in the United States. And the polls have shownif they want to go to evolving standards of decency that the American people oppose the death penaltythat, in fact, overwhelmingly they favor the death penalty. So I think we do need to watch that.
One of the big issues we have before us, as we consider President Bush's nominees, is: Are we looking to have people on the bench to further our political agenda, or are we just looking for a neutral arbiter, someone who can evaluate the cases between litigants and make a fair and just rendering of an opinion on it? That is what it is all about.
One of the things that was raised in complaint about Miguel Estrada was he would not answer all their questions about his views on cases and lawsuits, and so forth. They said he would not produce his internal memoranda when he was a part of the Solicitor General's Office of the Department of Justice. Every living former Solicitor General of the United States, Republican and Democrat, to my knowledge, has written that he ought not to do that. Lawyers ought to be encouraged to write to their clients, the Department of Justice superiors, and give their opinions.
Let me add one thing about that issue. The memoranda that he wrote were not to John Mitchell. The memoranda that he wrote were for Janet Reno and the Clinton Department of Justice. He was in the Solicitor General's Office during that time. And he was evaluated and given the highest possible evaluation by the Clinton Department of Justice attorneys. One of them specifically noted in that evaluation that he followed the procedures and policies of the Clinton Department of Justice. So I do not see how it can be suspected that he was writing right-wing extremist memoranda within that Department of Justice while having the kind of respect and high evaluations that he had. So I believe that is important.
There is a real reason that judicial nomineesand I know the Presiding Officer is a lawyer and understands these issueswhy someone thrown into a hearing ought to be reluctant to answer questions about complex cases when we have a hearing on the confirmation of a nominee to the Federal courts of the United States. If they are confirmed, they will be given important cases on which to rule. I hope and I pray they will spend many hours reading the briefs of the parties, reading personally the major cases in the country that deal with that issue, and they give it sincere thought and prayerful consideration before they render a verdict. That is what we want.
To throw somebody in a hearing and to start asking them how they are going to rule on this matter or that matter is improper. And asking them that would bind them, if they got in. In other words, let's say that they said: Well, I favor this, Mr. Senator; I hope that makes you happy; and I agree with you. And then they become a judge, and they get a stack of briefs, and they start reading the opinions, and they come back out with the belief that that is wrong. What have they done then? No. The history of our confirmation process and the strong opinion of the American Bar Association, an independent arbiter in these matters, is that they should not be lured into expressing opinions on cases that are likely to come before them on the bench. That is so fundamental and so sound a principle that I cannot imagine anyone would suggest it be changed.
Lloyd Cutler, White House Counsel to Presidents Clinton and Carter, wrote this:
Candidates should decline to reply when efforts are made to find out how they would decide a particular case.
That was his testimony in our hearing as we discussed these issues in the Judiciary Committee. That certainly is correct to me. I believe that is sound policy, whether we have a Republican President or a Democratic President. I do not recall that Senator Hatch ever insisted a judge tell him how he was going to rule.
My good friend Senator Leahy, he likes to talk about the Federalist Society and Senator Hatch making a speech at the Federalist Society. They take no position over any of these legal issues. They are a forum for debate. Most of the members, perhaps, believe in a restrained judiciary, but they have a lot of different ideas and vigorous debate, and they publish articles that disagree with one another.
But we confirmed a host of Federal judges under President Clinton who were members of the American Civil Liberties Union. You may say: Well, you know the American Civil Liberties Union. They do some good work. I don't think we should just vote against them for that reason.
And we didn't. We confirmed almost all of them. As a matter of fact, I am not sure any of them who were members did not get confirmed.
Look at the Web site of the ACLU. It takes positions on issues. The ACLU believes there should be total separation of church and State. I am sure they agree with the proposal that we ought to take "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance. They believe in the legalization of drugs. They believe pornography laws should not be on the books and are unconstitutional. They believe even that child pornography laws are unconstitutional. That is a stated position.
Out of deference to President Clinton's nominees and his power and prerogative of appointment, we confirmed a bunch of them who were members of the ACLU, one of whom was a litigation committee chairman for the ACLU. Others had been State directors of the ACLU.
What did we do? We asked them in the hearing: Do you personally support all those views? They would usually say they didn't.
We would say: Well, whether you agree or not on drug legalization, let me ask you this: If we pass a law that says drugs are illegal, will you enforce it? Will you take your office as judge and use it to undermine the established law of the land? And they would all say: We will enforce the law.
That is how they came to be confirmed. I hope and trust to this day they are complying with that. Our system would not work were it otherwise.
I reiterate my growing admiration for Miguel Estrada's capabilities. He came here as a teenager, was an honors graduate, the highest possible honors at Columbia College. He went to Harvard Law School where he finished at the top of his class and was chosen editor of the Harvard Law Review. For a graduating law senior from a law school to be editor of the Law Review is one of the highest, probably the highest, honor that can be received. He was chosen that by his fellow members.
He didn't clerk for a Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge. They say he doesn't have judicial experience. He sat at the right hand of a Federal circuit judge, doing the kind of work he will be doing as a judge today, for 2 years. Not only that, he was such an astoundingly qualified and capable young lawyer, he was chosen to be a law clerk for Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Anybody who knows anything about the legal profession knows being chosen as a law clerk by a Supreme Court judge is a great honor, something very few people ever get the opportunity to do. It is considered a matter of great significance.
Of course, Justice Kennedy is considered one of the swing justices on the Supreme Court, not one my colleagues like to talk about as an extreme conservative. That is who he clerked for, and remains close to Justice Kennedy to this day. He is admired by him.
Then he went to the Department of Justice to the Solicitor General's office. The Solicitor General's office is the law firm for the United States before the Supreme Court. It is within the Department of Justice. They prepare the arguments before the Supreme Court, the appellate courts. Of course, that is what Miguel Estrada will be considered for, an appellate court judge, not a trial judge, but an appellate court judge. He did a remarkable job there, receiving the highest possible evaluations by the Department of Justice.
After that, he went into practice with one of the premier law firms in the world in Washington, DC, and was evaluated by the American Bar Association. The American Bar Association takes its evaluation seriously. They do an independent background check. They make the nominee submit a list of their most significant cases. They have to give the names and addresses of the judge who tried the case, names and addresses of the opposing counsel, and maybe even cocounsel, and to summarize the case.
When that is done, the ABA interviews them. They don't interview just their friends. They interview the lawyers on the other side of the cases.
They want to know, was this person a fair litigator; did he understand the law; were his arguments coherent; did he have integrity; did you respect him in the course of this litigation. Out of that evaluation, the American Bar Association unanimously voted he was well qualified for the court of appeals, and "well qualified" is the highest evaluation given.
We are proud of his achievements. President Bush has nominated an extraordinary judge. As I study more about Miguel Estrada and see more of his record, the more confident I am he will be not just a good justice but a great one. I believe that strongly.
I see Senator Kyl is here. We have been going back and forth, so if you were able to allow him to speak at this time, that would be good.