Dude, look at THIS

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I know it's not our country but GOD DAMN.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_plane_crash

My prayers are with the deceased and mourning.

[IamPinhead]

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This is incredibly tragic. It feels like the world is encountering one terrible event after another.

[Armored]

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An aging Russian airliner carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and members of his country's military, political and church elites crashed

Damn, they really needed that airliner.

[John Mora]

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I feel so dumb for not knowing why Russia has a Prime Minister AND a President.

[Leish]

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The president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government.

Though a better explanation would be...

Putin and Medvedev walk into a restaurant and are seated. The waitress asks for their orders, and Putin says, "I'll have the steak." The waitress asks, "And the vegetable?" to which he replies, "He'll have the steak too."

Concerning the news, though, this polack is deeply saddened. I should eat some pierogies for my homies.

[John Mora]

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I still don't get it!

[162]

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It's politics, hon. You're not supposed to.

[Leish]

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I'll pray for you at my next prayer circle. Do you want me to add rocket boots to the order?

[Alzar]

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I still don't get it!

THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALL THE POWER AND THE OTHER GUY IS USELESS KIND OF LIKE OUR VICE PRESIDENT

[162]

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I'll pray for you at my next prayer circle. Do you want me to add rocket boots to the order?

And cloaking devices.

Still, may souls find your way to heaven...

[Leish]

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THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALL THE POWER AND THE OTHER GUY IS USELESS KIND OF LIKE OUR VICE PRESIDENT

Well, it's more like since Russians smell bad, you're actually well-respected if you're Putin.


Actually, boring boring yapping, it's usually the other way around in Russia, but it's not like it really matters. It's still Putin's regime whether he's president or prime minister. If you feel the need to learn a few pick-up lines, Wikipedia semi-presidential system. "Our differing, opposing members should be forced into cohabitation." "I'll get the laxatives."

[Cutter De Blanc]

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It was the pilot's fault.

Now he's dead.

That'll teach him.

[orius]

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I feel so dumb for not knowing why Russia has a Prime Minister AND a President.

The president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government.

A more in-depth explanation:

The difference between President and Prime Minister is based on the structure of the British government. The Queen is the head of state and generally serves in a ceremonial and diplomatic role. The Prime Minister is the head of the legislature and also the head of the various government ministries. In countries with this form of government, there is no seperate legislative and executive branches as in the United States. In countries with this system that have a constitutional monarchy the king or queen serves as the head of state; in governements where there is no monarch, there is usually a president instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system

In American politics, the Presisdent is both head of state and head of government, so he serves the role a monarch would in a constitutional monarchy, but he also is in charge of the various departments of the Federal government, which serve the same purpose as the various ministries in other governments. Unlike a Prime Minister, he is independant of Congress, which is supposed to balance power between the two branches.

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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i cant believe there where so many important people on a single flight and the irony of the day it crashed just adds craziness to it.

[Sejon]

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Poland has one of the most dismally depressing histories of any country. And while commemorating a particularly tragic moment in it, their president gets killed. It's like a ****ing curse or something...

I know it's not our country but GOD DAMN.

It's...it's all right to sympathize for people beyond your borders, you know.

EDIT: Also, I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the French government has a President and a Prime Minister too. But the reason why Russia implemented it fairly recently? Leish summed it up pretty well. Medvedev is just a Putin-puppet.