"Anyone else able to explain what makes America so unusually popular there?"

Dear God! Who cares? Wouldn't it be a more useful exercise talking about why most of the rest of the world hates our guts now? Why we are about as popular as Iran and North Korea? Let's sit around and speculate why the frack Nigeria loves us. That's what is most important right now, let's get to the bottom of it.

I have been approached by people from Nigeria and Ghana on the Internet for money and I had to explain that I am very very poor and they cannot get money out of me. You see I know why they love Americans because Americans believe their lies. I explain to them that I am a Puerto Rican and as such not as rich as an American. They feel so sorry for me that they have stopped asking for money, clothes, and presents after all I am from a little island they have never heard of.

Nigeria: Shell Oil. Very poor country. Only ones available to be polled owned by the Government and Shell.

Kenya: Obama. Pres. Clinton offered 20 cows and 40 goats for Chelsea. US Military. Kenyan long distant runners do very well in the NYC and Boston Marathons.

How'd they do the poll? Perhaps the only people in Nigeria with phones are ones who are members of that corrupt class?

It's like talking to Wall Street bankers about whether or not they feel the economy is doing well.
Duh.

I would venture a guess, that since their own government is known to be corrupt, they look at who is actually trying to make their country better. Because of the civil unrest in the country, the various oil companies have poured millions into the local economy- both for oil development and as philanthropy/image building. It may not be an altruistic effort, but right now US oil firms are their only source of hope.[/quote]

Yes of course we love USA, is that not where its easy to run to and live comfortably after looting Government coffers? , Where wanted Nigerians run to and get US guarantee of freedom from prosecution?
Please do keep your boarders open we are looking for where to ship all our crooks.

delvinmaya:

i am disappointed in those of you who are degrading yourselves. where is your pride? where is your dignity? nowhere because you have got none. yes, your cases are hopeless, the us which you are shouting and praising got to where they are after more than 200 years and they all went through the same process we are going through. oh yes they went through these processes and britain's case is pathethic. they hanged and sold as slaves the poor of the socie ty so don't be all up and shouting degrading abuses to your country or better still your motherland, i accept that most of the things our leaders do are rubbish but that doesnt mean we should curse nigeria. I ask why is it that the only thing which unite you nigerians is football hum? why?
why can't you join hands together and move this nation so we can live here in harmony. remember the national anthem and the pledge. you pledge to take your country to greater heights. fulfil that promise and leave the jack assed white fool americans to their goddamned country