How about the members at Unit08 select some public figures and invite them to give us some input in the form of blogs that shed some light on their views and solutions to the problems we face as a country. They or us would not be obligated in any way and we would expect and hope that they would be nonpartisian and also concentrate on their views instead of negative attacks on others. Other organisations invite guests to give speeches and we can do the same. Selecting can be done by polls or otherwise and we could invite people with different takes on the same subject as long as things remain civil and respectable.