Saturday, August 07, 2010

Ali vs. King on Gambling, Alcohol

This is a YouTube clip released by Saqib Ali from his August 5 debate with Senator Nancy King on News Channel 8.

Posted by Adam Pagnucco at 7:00 AM

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5 comments:

Hamza Khan said...

@Adam: YouTube is saying the video is removed. :-O!

8:26 AM
Adam Pagnucco said...

Thank you for letting me know. I fixed the embed.

9:19 AM
Robin Ficker said...

the alcopops are bad for kids. they are wolves in sheeps clothing!

9:58 PM
ajupin said...

After watching this video it became apparent to me where Nancy King's loyalty lies. It no longer seems to be her constituency, but to the lobbyists and special interest groups that petition her in Annapolis. I have known Saqib Ali for a few years and what I have seen is his passion for hearing from, communicating to, and representing the residents of District 39.

Until I had met Saqib Ali, I had always felt that politicians just go and do their own thing once elected. Saqib changed my line of thinking on that. I have always felt that he has gone above and beyond many others in making sure that voters, not special interests groups, are able to communicate with him, and when he votes, it is for the residents of District 39, not of his own agenda or own thoughts, but with the input of his constituents.

Andy Jupin

9:45 AM
Hamza Khan said...

You know being a former Fraternity President in college, and a staunch non-alcoholic, I learned a lot while watching my brothers drink pretty much everywhere and at any time. I also know exactly what booze-minded teens (who should not be drinking) drink and what they don't.

I have never in my life heard of 'alcopops'. Ever. What's more, when I called several former Greek community leaders on campus to be sure: none of them knew either. And we Greeks are the keepers of the unfortunate "drunk culture" of American Youth. So if we don't use it, I'm not sure what to say about Ali's claims that teens do.

To be safe, I went and googled the weird drink. Apparently in the USA they have about 7% alcohol content.

Here's some further research:

"'The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conducted an extensive investigation in 2001. The agency "found no evidence of intent to target minors with the FMB products, packaging, or advertising. Furthermore, after reviewing the consumer survey evidence submitted by CSPI in support of the proposition that FMBs were predominantly popular with minors, the FTC concluded that flaws in the survey's methodology limited the ability to draw conclusions from the survey data.'"

"The Federal Trade Commission again in 2003 investigated FMB ads, product placement, and internal company marketing documents after a directive from the conferees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees."

"The Commission’s investigation found no evidence of targeting underage consumers in the marketing of FMBs. Adults 21 to 29 appear to be the intended target of FMB marketing" and found that "the majority of FMB drinkers are over the age of 27."

-FTC Report to Congress on Alcohol marketing (pp 5 & 23); 2003.

Nancy King might be guilty of not being as coherent or eloquent as Saqib, but at least she doesn't need to create issues where there are none.

11:43 AM

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