Wow ! Man for real ? I have both licences ( FAA & JAA ) and I really don't think I'm the **** because of that. ( I'm coming from Europe ).
I do agree on one thing though, I personally found the JAA ATP ( 14 subjects ) much more hard then the Faa written.
On an another hand, the different oral tests in the States are huge, and cover every little things. ( in my experience, +/- 6 hours for the oral + the flights )
Coming from Europe, I know people are used to say that " we " are more focus on the theoretical part, when the FAA is more into the flying skills.
Anyway, it's not a good place to argue.