Here is an example of Bill Chill in action.

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The big chill
Small Talk
Friday, August 29, 2008

I’m sorry Bill. Can’t we all just get along?

I’m a living example of what can happen to those who’ve been openly critical of the Gates Foundation. A decade ago, the Small Schools Workshop was on the foundation’s good-guy list. But since I first began making critical comments about the role Gates and other top-down “muscle foundations” are playing in the world of school reform, I’ve become persona non grata.

This story in the Seattle Times talks about the “chilling effect” all this has had on the world’s biggest foundation and confirms that it’s not just me:

    "It would be suicidal for someone who wants a grant to come out and publicly criticize the foundation," said Mark Kane, former leader of a Gates-funded program to expand childhood immunizations in the developing world. "The Gates Foundation is very sensitive to PR."

Now they tell me.

http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2008/08/big-chill.html