usawakeup.org/ should wake up themselves!

No, this isn't a blog praising the site, so if you're a member or a proud supporter of http://www.usawakeup.org/, I'd recommend you leave now, so that you aren't too ticked by the time you start reading this...

Are the supporters gone now? Okay, good.

An uncle of mine sent me an e-mail with a link to this site and I had a hunch before clicking on it, but as I expected, it was a site dedicated to right-wing views. I'm not sure if my uncle realizes it or not or perhaps he does and he's simply trying to convert me, but I am anything but a righty when it comes to my political views. I respect his right to agree with extreme conservatives, but I also have the right to my own belief system and to disagree with him on these issues. Now, on to the site.

It was quite disturbing for me. I perused it quite thoroughly and what did I come to see? The site read like something I imagine a hybrid of Rush Limbaugh and David Koresch (sp.?) would write. The site claimed that it's main intention was to warn Americans of the true threat of radical Islam, but it also got into illegal immigration, Hillary Clinton, etc.

The site claims that Muslims began a 20 year effort to destroy the West and this mission began in 2000. So, according to this page, the West will be no more in 2020.

It claims that all mainstream media outlets are controlled by the left. (although, it didn't mention Fox News, which was VERY surprising...)

The author, if you want to call him/her/them/it that, stated that they don't list their names on that site, because they've already received a great deal of hate mail.

The author also said that conspiracy theorists have insulted their views for not believing into the 9/11 conspiracy-hype and that left-wingers have attacked them for their conservative views.

The site praised Newt Gingrich, who's had a few nutty ideas of his own throughout his political career.

It ranted on Islam and made the claim that the Qu'ran's mention of "killing the infidels," proved that Islam is a vicious, hateful, and evil religion. It, of course, doesn't mention similar such scriptures in the Bible. I guess those don't count...

The site proclaimed that no Democrat carries with them the values that the makers of the site seeks in a president and then went on to bash Hillary Clinton for a while.

It complained about the Patriot Act potentially not being continued in the future and about foreigners having Habeas Corpus rights.

It gave links to books written by: Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, and David Limbaugh, amongst othes and on topics ranging from why liberals/Democrats are destroying America to the evils of Islam. Yes, it was a fair and balanced site, to be certain.

Movies that it mentioned? "The Islamic Mein Kampf" and "Jimmy Carter's War Against the Jews".

Other links? WMD (War to Mobilize Democracy), links on terrorism, Islam, immigration, and 9/11 conspiracy "myths".

A grand number of headlines revolved around the Clintons and in a very negative manner.

It defined liberalism as, "...it's the easy way out, if you want to escape reality, just keep your head buried in the sand, or somewhere else where the sun doesn't shine."

Wow, what can I say in regard to this site? I must admit, I'm curious as to who the creators are. I won't send any hate mail. That's not my style. But, I am curious. When I read through the page(s), it sounded like some angry college kids involved in the far right fraternity, or something along those lines. Some portions were humorous, because it kept harping on how the mainstream media has a liberal political agenda and yet it preached it's own neo-conservative one. Kind of a double-standard there, is it not? I'm not a huge fan of the mainstream media, but I don't understand how they can be called the ultra left or controlled by the left. Fox News is anything but liberal. Fox News is about as liberal as I am emu. The other major news channels? Such as MSNBC and CNN? Yeah, they talk about Democratic or "liberal" candidates, but they also speak about Republican or "conservative" ones. Tonight, as the South Carolina Democratic Primary is taking place, the channels are mainly focusing on the Democratic candidates and what tonight's results may mean in the future. On Tuesday night, as the Republican Florida Primary will be held, they will mainly be speaking about the candidates on the right.

It also spoke out against Hitler, the Holocaust, and preached about how Hitler was able to follow through with his extremely ill intentions. It compared Osama bin Laden and the Muslim population to Hitler and that if we didn't stand up soon, we'd have a Holocaust-type event in the United States. Then it spoke out about Christian rights and against most others' rights. The sneak and peek (no warrant necessary) in the original Patriot Act should be permitted according to them. We should return to the McCarthy era where Habeas Corpus rights are not granted to everyone, foreign and domestic. It sounds as if these individuals want there to be more rights in the federal government, so long as that government is uber-conservative in their values, yet is warning us that if we don't watch our backs, we'll soon see a federal government with extensive powers that will be able to control us in the same manner Hitler was able to during the Holocaust. Another double-standard there, and a very scary one at that.

This site made all Muslims out to be evil and that's purely ignorant. That'd be the same as a Muslim overseas believing all Christans to be evil. Holy books, such as the Bible or the Qu'ran were originally written a very LONG time ago and have been modified and translated countless times since their initial production. There are also countless interpretations to the books. Believe me, if there weren't, if there was actually one interpretation, one answer, someone would be extremely rich.

This sounded like a lengthy campaign ad if Rush Limbaugh were to run for president or perhaps Sean Hannity. I mean, if someone truly believes we are in danger and that "radical" Muslims present an imminent threat, okay, that's fine, but why disregard the argument entirely by making it sound like some kind of neo-conservative political agenda-related rant? Point out the numbers, from viable sources, without any bashing of a candidate(s) and one party's views on one issue or another.

Why does it often times sound like a war, a battle, a competition to uber-conservatives? It's us vs. them, Christianity vs. Islam, Republicans vs. Democrats, conservatives vs. liberals, everyone vs. the Clintons, etc., etc., etc. It's funny, as the author(s) to this site claimed that liberalism is the easy way out, when it seems that the makers of this site and perhaps others who think similarly, have very simplistic views on people and life, in general. There are no shades of grey. It's black or white, true or false, right or wrong. The easy way out? I'll let them ponder that one over.