NONE Jim. You know that. Having Rats in is certainly not the answer, but neither is what's happening to us now. Mr. Know-it-all me doesnt have an answer right now.
I'm wondering if; a. We can make some real changes in the primaries or b. helping to push the whole thing over the edge than having a mechanism in place to pick up the pieces or at least have the satisfaction of hitting back as opposed to being dogged around. I don't like being dogged around and used, I gave that up for lent.
A. is bold and probably not do-able and b. is risky and probably wishful thinking.
Your gig of working within is a plan that sounds good, but it hasn't worked out. I've been behind it all the way (as I'm a tech and ex-military as well and realize the value of tactics), and might even try it again, but lets face it, it's gotten us nowhere and we ain't getting any younger.
Again, I don't know for sure what to do. At this point I'm probably going to put it in God's hands. I know that if we can somehow move these few thousand active FReepers in some direction and make it count, we can do great things. We shouldn't have to eat dirt, we deserve better.
Maybe meetings, planning sessions with the network and other activist orgs, property rights groups etc. Think-tanks, tactical planning. Fund raising? (nah). Summits with leaders etc.
You know how it's done, you were just some schmoe looking for like minded people to talk to you on Yahoo, now look at you. IMO this can be the beginning as opposed to the peak. We have great potential here Jim, we need to take advantage of it.