“Consider the source.”

If my grandmother was alive. And I told her about the shenanigins that went on at the UN recently. She would have advised me: “Consider the source.”

Maybe your parents gave you similar advice. Whenever you complained that someone criticized you.

Let us look at some of the loudest critics today. And let’s consider who they are, what they represent. There is a pattern.

The nut from Iran. I won’t bother to look up his name. He does not deserve that morsel of respect. You know the guy I mean. He spoke at the UN and, surprise, lambasted the U.S. And, surprise, George Bush. And millions of Americans.

Consider the source. He made it into office in an openly rigged election. So he is, basically, unelected. And his country and culture are losers of late. The bulk of their oil wealth never reaches their people. Such is the horribleness of their economy, their system. Millions are unemployed. About 50 percent of those under 25, out of work.

The culture has to suppress, by force, women who want to dress fashionably. And people who wish to speak or write their views openly. Or those who want to hold hands in public. His country has the cultural and political behavior of a midieval society.

The nut from Venezuela. His people are desperate for jobs and decency in their living standards. His economy is a shambles. It is only the high price for oil on world markets that has rescued the economy. His oil fields are going backward in production. Because of the inept management by his government. He is a loser, filled with bombast and hatred. Which he spewed at the UN. In its annual comedy revue of world leaders. The guy is a loser.

Of course Senor Castro loves to criticize us. Mostly from the prison he presides over. He is, of course, an unelected dictator. His idiotic management of the economy has kept the bulk of his people poor for decades.