Public notices surge progress, Congress ignores energy legis.

The surge is working (still). Public notices, media begrudgingly reports it.

• US Death Toll in Iraq at Lowest Point - Time.com
• Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Now Applaud the Iraq Surge - Gallup

Energy: “Gang of Ten” offer proposal, Pelosi turns of the lights.

• Senate ‘Gang of 10’ Offers Bipartisan Energy Plan - FoxNews.com
• Gang of 10 Unveil Plan to Reduce Energy Prices - Corker.Senate.gov

The bipartisan coalition is led by Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and, in addition to Corker, includes John Thune (R-S.D.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).

• Republican congressmen refuse to go on vacation - Guardian, UK
• Congress Leaves Town Without Doing a Thing to Bring Down Price of Gasoline - Fox Business

Richard to speak at Dell City, OK - Aug 19, 2008, 7:00pm

• at First Southern Baptist Church Dell City

Books and such

• Ralph Reed the Novelist?—“Dark Horse” is a really good read - by Richard Land
• Dark Horse - by Ralph Reed