The research continues – I’m finding plenty of sites pertaining to the transpartisan movement, but very few that seem to be of high quality. My pick for best quality today is the Liberty Coalition site. The site does a very good job of explaining the Liberty Coalition’s purpose which is to work, organize and promote transpartisan public policy related to civil liberties and basic rights. According to the site, the Liberty Coalition is working to promote an electronic bill of rights, a patient quality of care project and a medical privacy coalition. I was intrigued by the site’s link “Grass Roots Solution” only to click on it and find no content. I also clicked on the “Events” link only to find a blank calendar. Despite these drawbacks, the Liberty Coalition site does provide a good overview of the organization’s mission, goals and projects, as well as ways for interested citizens to take action. The whole time I spent reading the site, I couldn’t help thinking that the Coalition is really a Libertarian organization, since there are so many references to personal liberties. I’m sure many Libertarians may identify with the Coalition’s work.
My worst pick of the day goes to Transpartisan.org.I clicked the link and there was nothing there except a banner and some text saying Transpartisan.org will serve as the homepage for the Transpartisan Policy Institute. There is a brief explanation of what transpartisanship is and what the Institute is. I don’t think it’s a good idea to launch a site unless there’s some content to post.
Day 4:
My best pick for today is an update of a site that I was critical of just the other day – Indigo Coach. The blogger – Nancy Boyd – took my remarks seriously and elaborated a bit more on transpartisanship. I had commented that she only said she was inspired by the movement and linked to another site which defined transpartisanship. It looks as though Nancy has thought a bit more about the movement. Nancy says that if Indigos want to be change agents, they must look at polarity and see how self-serving it is. Nancy also believes transpartisanship is in line with her own beliefs, which she describes as “progressive Green.” Good for you Nancy! It looks as though you are thinking about this movement and what it means to you personally as well as to your associates.
My day 4 worst pick is a post from Green Zone Online. The blogger makes some good points about liberals and conservatives coming together and how many people are coming from a place of emotion rather than rational thought. There’s a YouTube video on the site featuring Senator John Kerry (Democrat-Massachusetts) and former Representative Newt Gingrich (Republican-Georgia) discusssing a book about global climate change. While this video is certainly a good example of two very different politicians coming together, the rest of the site contains very few examples of transpartisanship. Green Zone describes itself as an arena where an avid sportsman can come together with an activist vegetarian. This sounds wonderful – there are many people who would like to be part of such a movement. The site fails to describe how the avid sportsman and the activist vegetarian can find common ground, however.
