[WikiEN-l] The American ego trumps all -- thank God, 'cause mine needs surrounded by other big heads

[K P]

On 5/17/07, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Charlotte Webb wrote:
> > > Charlotte, in my view you'd be wrong.  Paderewski was hugely and
> > > internationally famous as a pianist, whereas his fame as a Prime
> > > Minister of Poland is largely limited to Poland ...
> > '''Ronald Wilson Reagan''' ...
>
> The United States is bigger and much more important in international
> politics
> than Poland, and being president of it is much more notable.  President of
> the US and Prime Minister of Poland just don't produce equal amounts of
> fame.
>
> If you look at the article for Grace Kelly, being an academy award winning
> actress is mentioned before being princess of Monaco.


Right on.  After all, size is all that matters, and only the last few
hundred years of history have any meaning.

KP