September 4

Favorite Funny Movies

The first caller of the day (September 4,2008) asked Mo Twister's favorite Funny Movies. Not one great fan for the funnies, since the Mohandas loves the great,dramatic movies, he nevertheless lists There's Something about Mary as a movie he finds very funny. Mo Jo mentions the first Dumb and Dumber movie.

Don't forget - Mo found the Zohan pretty hilarious!! As long as you can see past the huge bulb in between Adam Sandler's crotch, I think you're safe!

Currency Converter

Mo Twister is a currency converter fan. No, he doesn't look at the Phillipine peso vis-s-vis US dollar exchange, which can depress you.

The Mohandas almost salivates at comparing currencies where the peso converts to millions of Zimbabwen dollars, Vietnamese dongs.

Imagine carrying a million Z's in your pocket to buy a bag of groceries. Cute!

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Mo Twister in Mo Jo's Body

A listener with a twisted sense of humor asked a What if question . .

What if Mo Twister finds himself in Mo Jo's body, what would he do?

Well, he'll go to Anne Curtis and volunteers as her stylist. That way, the Mo could go shopping and go inside all those dressing rooms with all those flaunted naked bodies to feast on!

And Mo Jo?

He'll call all the good-looking basketball buddies of Mo Twister and play with them. That way, he can see all the hanging ding-a-lings in the locker room after the game.

But the listener said, what if there's a twist? What if they go to bed with Anne Curtis/basketball hottie and the very next day, it's reversed, and they're back in their own bodies?

One look at the basketball hottie beside his bed, and Mo Twister is ready to jump off the window of his high-rise pad.

I didn't hear what MoJo had to say. I was laughing so hard, I didn't hear his answer. Hilarious!!!!!

Accepting Apologies

Mo Twister recounted how he apologized to a dude he accidentally hit yesterday, but when the guy gave him a dirty look, then it was A-hole time!!

This compared to a dude the Mohandas almost ran over with his car as he backed up. Mo Twister profusely apologized because the guy was hit with his dog. Reaction? No problem, man!

Isn't that nice? Mo segued with the previous topic about pussified males. That's what happens when a person is used to adversity - they just brush it off and it doesn't affect them. The pussies get hit a little, and they get a gun to hit the opponent. And it wasn't even intended.

This is why Mo Twister says that when a person apologizes with sincerity, one should accept it because there was no malice intended.

Grace in Love with Politicians

One could almost hear our dear Grace Lee drool over Adel Tamano, saying on air that "he is good looking", to which the Mohandas teased Grace Lee that she gets crushes with politicians.

Why is it so, the Mohandas mused? He even said she'd go starry eyed with a barangay captain - did I hear that right?

Well, Grace Lee says that it was her dream enter politics and become the first President of Korea. She even took up Political Science in Ateneo. Along the way, especially after a trip to the US, Grace became disillusioned with the political system and decided not to concentrate on it. And the only way to keep the dream alive is to see someone succeed in it brilliantly.

I'd say go run for office, Grace. We'll raise funds for you! We need good people in politics. One person could change the course of history.

Dog-Cat Fight!

A dog cat fight almost broke out between the Mohandas and the Joseph when all hell broke loose on the topic of public education.

Mo Twister asked Mr.Adel Tamano (who is also President of Pamantasang Lunsod ng Maynila) what he thought of politicians bringing their kids to public school.

Tamano said that his Dad (a former Senator) espoused egalitarianism - meaning go ride the public jeep, my boy! He rode the PUJ's to school in La Salle Greenhills, and because of this, did not grow up to be a pussified male. He was in touch with ordinary folks in ordinary circumstances and did not grow up surrounded by bodyguards kissing his ass. The Senior Tamano (God bless his soul!) reiterated to the young boy that power does not last forever.

If he is honest, of course he would want to bring his kids to Ateneo or UP, only because perhaps they have better facilities, but it would be a good idea to raise up the quality of public education in our country, because some of the best minds come from public schools, as evidenced by the bright young people Tamano has met at the government funded Pamantasan.

To which Mo Twister ribbed Mojo for saying that the best minds only come from our private schools. To which the Mojo almost threw his hot coffee on Mo Twister's lap because he happens to teach or volunteer as tutor (?) in public school in the country. MoJo's afraid someone from Pamantasan might just stab him in the back, methinks!

It was almost funny hearing the two get into a brawl! Cute.

Collective Wisdom

Obama as Presidential Canditate

Adel Tamano was asked by one listener to which Presidential candidate he'd like to see in the White House, and I could see Adel's eyes just open wide at his excitement batting for Obama. He was very impressed with Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope", and the fact that Obama came from a background that was less than privileged, a Black American, whose roots were disparate - from the plains of Kansas (where his grandparents settled after the war) to Kenya (where his Harvard educated father was born.

If I could put in my two cents of opinion, if he's impressed with "Audacity of Hope", Tamano should read Obama's "Dreams from my Father" which is the best autobiography written by a US President, dead or alive!

A Spokesman for the Opposition

One almost irate listener asked why it seems the Opposition is so negative and can't seem to see any good with the current administration's deeds.

Tamano mentioned that it was the Opposition's role to be the Devil's Advocate, since this current administration has two government TV stations at their disposal to espouse their causes down our throats.

When another listener asked if Tamano finds it hypocritical to criticize the Arroyo administration since the Opposition has no 'moral ascendancy' to pontificate since Erap Estrada (the symbolic head) is accused of plunder, Tamano just said that we all have sins, and it's his role to just point out what they're doing wrong. He points out that 95% of government employees are good, it's just that 5% of the corrupt bad eggs affect the whole country, for good or ill.

A Moslem Who Espouses Population Control?

Tamano mentioned hunger as the most blatant sin from a President who prides herself as an "economist". With 70% of the Philippine population considered poor and struggling to find food day to day, one wonders where all the taxes go, especially that only 20% pay for the taxes. That's a burden to those who are breaking their backs for a majority of hungry folks! He even mentioned that he likes Good Times because it talks about sex and sexuality in an open manner. With a population bordering on 90 million, we need to really think about population control to lessen hunger in our country.

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One other sin that Tamano pointed out is the Arroyo's bright boys creating that controversial MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the MNLF for six years without consulting the other people who might be affected by this - the lumads, the other Christian families who have settled in Mindanao, the opposition. I'd be up in arms if I've heard of an agreement dismembering our country. Tamano said that it doesn't matter if one is a Christian or a Moslem, there's a collective wisdom that is innate, that you know is right when one decides on something important. And cutting up the Republic is a script straight from Dumb and Dumbest!

My Vote for President in 2016

When you cast your vote for a Philippine President in 2010, it's a pity Adel Tamano is just 39 years old, and can't run as a candidate.

I think he's one of the most sincere, down to earth dudes that has surfaced from the murky mud of politics, and I like everything that he says.

Tamano is the first Filipino to give a commencement speech to any Harvard graduating class, and he gave it for his Harvard Law Batch!!!! The 2005 Harvard Law commencement speech is impressive! Read it in his blog The Opposite of Apathy. Awesome!

Photo of Adel Tamano courtesy of PinoyCentric.com