A tip for crazy people on the Internet: If the worst you can say about something is that it "ignited a true blogosphere frenzy" it probably doesn't deserve the "Gate" suffix.
Honestly, I wish we could enact a moratorium on using the -gate suffix. Things that'd warrant it would be rare enough that we could make exceptions as they arose.
Also, I'd like a pony. And free money.
Is this the beginning of pony-moneygate? or has it been going on for a long time?