brought builders there. he s the defendant in the most important free speech trial of our times in the netherlands. he s on trial defending the right to criticize islamic terrorism, islamic jew hatred, islamic hatred of gays, and impression of women. 20 years ago, i appeared on a local los angeles television program. on a panel with a hollywood left, named richard naser. he s the head of the screen actors guild. he was on the program because he was supporting a california ballot initiative that would have created a universal government health care system in the state of california. and when it was my turn, i said richard, socialism has failed all over the world. why do you think it will succeed in california? to which he did not have an answer. we are at an historical moment when one of the two political parties and our president have rammed through a massive universal health care bill over the objections and opposition of a majority of the american people. we have a govern
union league in philadelphia. this program is an hour 5 minutes. 15 minutes. [applause] thank you, craig. craig s done a terrific job in organizing and building our philadelphia freedom center, and i want to thank britney patrice as well who s a courageous student at temple at ed wilders there. ed wilders is the defendant in the most important free speech trial of our time in the netherlands. he s on trial defending the right to criticize islamic terrorism, islamic jew hatred, islamic hatred of gays and oppression of women. twenty years ago i appeared on a local los angeles television program on a panel with a hollywood leftist named richard naser. richard was the head of the screen actors guild, and he was on the program because he was supporting a california ballot initiative that would have created a universal government health care system in the state of california. and when it was my turn, i said, richard, socialism has failed all over the world, why do you think it w