Rhetorical Analyses

Okay, so I'm analyzing a blog post that is supposedly about the top ten threats to America, however, the author only lists 5....  At the end he says "to be continued" but I find that rather counter productive for his whole post because he starts with number 10 and works backwards, so unless you regularly visit this blog, you'll never know the number one threat to America and you'll probably live in fear of aliens for the rest of your life.
Anyway, the first thing I noticed about the rhetorical situation is that the author really doesn't address his credentials in the actual post at all... ever.  This made me very skeptical right off the bat.  Granted you can click on the author's name at the top of the page and see his little bio, but who's actually going to do that?
His arguments about why the countries he lists seem valid and logical.  However, he uses words that are far too flashy for most people to understand.  He also comes across almost like a conspiracy theorist.  He seems to think that pretty much everyone in the entire world is out to get America.

This is an example of a conspiracy theorist

He does a pretty good job of getting people scared in his argument though.  He uses a lot of words like "biological warfare" and "indiscriminate killing" that just sends a shiver down your spine.  He also talks about a lot of middle eastern countries which are a major concern for most American, but again he almost comes off as a paranoid conspiracy theorist.
All in all I feel like is rhetoric is about a 6.7 on a scale of one to ten.  He employs logic relatively well, he appeals to fears that people already have, however he never really establishes his own credibility.