As usual, finding a thesis to his writing is like pulling teeth from a cow. I suspect, as I read his article, Americans in Mindanao is simply tangential to his point, wherever that may be. Instead, I relish his material simply for the exercise of teasing out the lack of lucidity and underscoring his poor grasp of all things obvious. For example:

Do not our officials see how Filipinos are being made to line up outside the US embassy when applying for a visa while Americans do not do the same outside of our Department of Foreign Affairs?

Hmm, gagu ka ba? There are hundreds of Filipinos visiting the embassy everyday, and only a dozen or so Americans at the DFA. The latter's building can comfortably sit all visitors (including the Americans, yes!), while the U.S. embassy, even though they have built a nice pavillion for those waiting in line, simply cannot hold a soiree for all those in line.

Lining up means our people want to either get out of the Philippines despite the humiliation they have to go through or are simply accepting of the truth about inequality. Either way, our government should take heed and do something drastic about both anomalies.

Okay, sobrang taas na nang ihi mo. If you haven't noticed yet, there are too many damn Filipinos. You go to an ATM, pila. You buy at the grocery store, pila. You pay at Meralco, pila. You apply for a U.S. Visa, pila!! If you find lining up so humiliating as to call on the government for help (calling it "anomalies"), well, wala, wala akong masabi talaga. Maybe you've had too much TV.

Hmm, the next three paragraphs are so disjointed that I can't even pull a punchline out of them. I don't know whether he's flip flopping over his own sentiments, or the lack of direction is his trademark and that's why they print this garbage. Still, Motelibano delivers a coup de grace:

It would be nice if Philippine officialdom resents the present setup with America and wants to dismantle it. Personally, I do not believe they have either the guts or the means to fight America, but they will gain respect for simply trying. And when they do, the Filipino people just might support tem instead of making a beeline for the US embassy. Courage is infectious, but so is cowardice.

First, "officialdom" is a word usually associated with a religious organization, such as the Catholic church. I would urge you to simply use "government" instead. Second, "nice" isn't a word you want to use in a column, unless you want to be laughed at. "Nice" is neutered sarcasm. It means nothing, no conviction, and certainly a lack of eloquence.

Thirdly, I don't get your point about Filipinos presumably supporting a Philippine government that wants to "dismantle" its relationship with the U.S. government, and in doing so, you believe Filipinos will support this new anti-U.S. government instead of leaving for the U.S. itself. It's bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Let me see if I get this right: so you believe Filipinos are leaving for the U.S. because they don't like the fact that their government has a pro-U.S. stand? (Leave the country for the country you believe our country should pick a fight with?) And, if this government shows some resentment for being a "third class" citizen to the U.S. and holds it's head up high and thumbs a nose at Uncle Sam it will keep it's people from leaving for Daly City? You're nuts.

Ah, but the zarzuela (your reference) yields an even greater gem:

We are third class because our leaders are third class. In fact, because we tolerate third class leaders, we might even be a fourth class people.

We are "fourth class" (dang, that's low!) because we have people who can't deal with falling in line and who publish spit like this and pass it on as good gospel.