Plato, ancient Greek PhilosopherPoliticians are the same all over.They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.~Nikita Khrushchev, Sovi...t Union politicianWhen I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.~Quoted in ‘Clarence Darrow for the Defense’ by Irving Stone.Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.~John Quinton, American actor/writerPolitics is the gentle art of. All ten councilors participate in council business, but only seven, the Pleiad, have a vote. Every year, one or two of the councilors' terms expire and one or two new ones are appointed. The councilors who served for the previous year without a vote move up to the Pleiad. Members of the Pleiad can be removed from office if two thirds of the citizens vote for it."Every major decision of the council is voted on by the citizenry. Votes are cast via computer and the voting window is forty-eight. When the chores are finished and the pets are safely tucked up in their beds, I flop down on to the couch with a cup of tea, ready to catch up the day on the internet. I read of career developments, relationship breakdowns, childish arguments, then attempt to reply to a few emails from old friends, but my mind is distracted by the thought of curling up in my warm bed and getting some much needed sleep.. Tiredness finally takes over, and I sleepily pad into my darkened bedroom, yawning as I slip. My father passed away when I wasstill to be born so, I never saw him. My mom who is a very arrogantlady refused to seek help of the relatives and by herself has beentaking care of the family.Instead, my mom and several of other single mothers, who were liberalthinkers, had formed a sort of organization, which for practicalreasons lived in the same colony. The organization had also founded aschool where I studied.My family consists of my two elder sisters, mom and me.I never bothered about being.