Saturday General Debate

What a week.  On Monday Aaron Gilmore resigned.  Having him “threaten” Cameron Slater with UTU was a gift from above.  The media blitz that followed where Cam was seen on TV and heard on Radio caused a huge surge in blog traffic.

The upside of this is that we’ve picked up a lot of new readers.  Yes, we can see you’ve come back to check the blog out since Monday, and we’re happy you’ve decided to add Whaleoil to your daily surfing routine.

Welcome to the blog, and welcome to the Saturday General Debate.  The floor is all yours.

And today’s General Debate is brought to you by:

In spite of what the critics say, Cam Slater, Travis, I nor anyone else gets a single cent from anyone for spending the time creating this blog for you every day.  We all have full time jobs “on the side”.  No, we aren’t funded by the National Party.  No we don’t get funded by Trusts, unions or secret donations.  (Damn!)

Running a blog costs real  money though.  So, there are adverts on the blog to defray some of the running costs.  In a good month, I’m sure Cam gets to keep a few dollars for his trouble.   But let us be clear:  this is essentially pocket money.  He couldn’t live on the proceeds, make it a full time job, or pay anyone else.  (Damn!)

The blog is attractive to companies.  Our audience is well educated and informed.  Sponsors would love to be able to put their goods or services in front of you through this medium.  And as you may have noticed over the last few months, we’ve invited companies to approach us to do just that.

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Go on then.

Another fresh Saturday General Debate.  Let’s see what’s on your mind today.

A bit of a short week this week.  It felt a bit like an anti-climax after the previous week’s double punch with the Marriage Equality Bill and the Labour/Green Taliban NZ Power sabotage attempt.

But Thursday was Anzac Day, and if you missed the Anzac Day General Debate thread that day, I highly recommend you spend some time reading through some of the  numerous personal vignettes left by our very own readers.  They provide some fascinating insights.

Once done, return here, and start your own topics.  After all, this is your thread to cover the stories we may have missed.

Ok.   Look.  No talking about marriage equality.  I forbid it.

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Well, where do you start this week?  The blog experienced it’s most busy hour of demand on Thursday with 3,800 pages served in a single hour, due to case of the [STUPID JUDGE WON'T ALLOW ME TO SAY] and [STUPID JUDGE WON'T ALLOW ME TO SAY] appearing in court over the [ALLEGED] bashing of Jesse Ryder.

But today it is your turn.  What stories have been drowned out by the news this week that you feel should have another chance?

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I was going to mention something today, but I forgot what it was.  Must have left it with the other 50,000 things I can’t remember.

Welcome to Saturday.  It’s your turn to shine.

Welcome to Saturday’s General Debate.   Here is the poll that has been “demanded” by the readers.  Now that it is here, please vote.  And if you like, try to put into words why you voted the way you did in the comments.

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