All Filipinos born before 1946 are Americans?

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This article in the Philippine Star is really intereesting. My mother is still alive today, having been born in 1940. And I often stare at her birth certificate where at the top it reads "Commonwealth". The word "US" is omitted but it's obvious: this was US territory and therefore all Filipinos are still Americans by law today. www.manilamail.com/archive/mar2004/04mar16.htm According to this article, there were 2 classes of US citizens before 1946: 1) the original US Citizens (Natives) and 2) The US Nationals (All of us Filipinos). All Filipinos enjoyed the same privileges as US Citizens, except the right to vote in US Govt elections. This includes unlimited travel and stay in the US Mainland, I assume, because that's our right as US Nationals. That's good enough for me, even if I can't vote, if I lived at that time. But in 1946, all Filipinos who didn't upgrade their status to "US Citizen" suddenly became "Aliens". So all our parents lost all their Stateside privileges. That's not fair. Why would Congress strip all Filipinos of US National privileges without their knowledge? Majority of Filipinos before 1946 never asked for independence; Only our selfish Filipino politicians did. And there is a law somewhere in the US Constitution that it is illegal for a territory to break away from the Union. In 1898, the US acquired Hawaii, The Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico from Spain. Among these, who was left behind and kicked out of the Union? It's the Philippines that's who, while the rest of them still enjoy their tax-free US territory status today. Ever wonder why Puerto Rico is not in a hurry to become a State? Isn't this a case of favoritism? We're stratigically located near China, Japan and other Asian powers. We're supposed to be where Hawaii is now. If Hawaii breaks away from the Union, that's against US Law. What about us? That 1946 Philippine Independence is also against US Law. And now that the bases in Japan were damaged by the tsunami and the bases in Guam are still not ready, now the US needs the bases back in the Philippines? Personally, I want all the US Bases back: Clark, Sangley Point, Subic. I want my FEN Channel 17 back. I want the Americans back to rule the Philippines like heaven, the way they did before 1946. The Philippines was second to Japan then, and our grandparents were full of stories of how the Americans and the Filipinos worked so well together. Filipinos are disciplined and law abiding whenever the Americans are around. The Americans could turn Ermita into a Las Vegas and this would become a beach paradise like Hawaii. There should be a referendum/plebiscite asking Filipinos if they want this country to become a US territory once again. The Americans are the only hope left for this country. They may not be as high tech as Japan, but they can make the Philippines prosper again, because they did it before right? If you really like this option, maybe you could start your own hype: in facebook, twitter, etc. Write to the US Embassy, The White House, ABS-CBN news, GMA, The Inquirer, The Bulletin, The Philippine Star. Then maybe if the hype grows so big like a Mari Mar craze, then maybe the US Congress will notice. Nothing will happen if we just sit here typing about it. This may seem unpatriotic, but this is the only way out of our current mess. Philippine Independence for the past 65 years has not worked and it never will. All we have are high Meralco bills and other things that stink. And now we have the Spratly issue. Once again we need America, like we did during the Ondoy disaster 2 yrs ago. Man, all we need is President Obama to declare on CNN "I hereby declare that Philippine Independence in 1946 is null and void and unconstitutional. Therefore, the Philippines is still a US territory today, as it was, since 1898. I hereby order the US Govt to take over Malacanang tomorrow. Filipinos, the injustice done to you in 1946 has been undone. You are once again US Nationals/Citizens. Welcome back home to America. Clap Clap Clap" If this happens, there is nothing the United Nations nor Malacanang can do to resist. Yes there would be a mini Filipino-American war to be lead by the street protesters. But after that, there will be peace and everyone will accept the new govt.