Jeff Morris-Saugerties, N.Y.- De

My Interests:

I'm an avid guitar player/songwriter of 35 yr. My favorite thing to do is write my own lyrics, create my own music, and record it on my digital 8 track home recorder. I play many different instruments and play all the instruments myself on my recordings. Lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica...Also sing. Also like to swim, fish, hiking, basketball....

Favorite Quote:

Those willing to compromise Liberty to obtain a little temporary Security
deserve neither Liberty nor Security

Ben Franklin

About Me:

Hey All, I'm Jeff Morris from Saugerties NY- DeJaVu57. Saugerties is about 100 mi. North of NYC in the lower-mid Hudson Valley. I'm 50 yr. old, divorced. I have a daughter who will turn 24 this August 07. She lives in Austin, Texas now. I'm a Free-Lance Political Writer/Commentator, and Blogger. I've had articles published in Time magazine, The N.Y. Times, L.A. Times, Chicago Sun Times, Cleveland Press, Denver Post, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle....I'm an avid guitar player/songwriter of 35 yr. My favorite thing to do is write my own lyrics, create my own music, and record it on my digital 8 track home recorder. I play many different instruments and play all the instruments myself on my recordings. Lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica...Also sing. I adopted two stray male cats who now live with me,(Butchie and Deavis) I'm a cat, and animal person. I'm into Hang Gliders and Ultra Light Aircraft.I like good movies, good smoke, hiking, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, bowling, traveling, most sports....Some of my favorite bands are... Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Crosby,Stills,Nash,and Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band, The Stones, The Beatles, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, Bob Seager, Jethro Tull, AC-DC, Squeeze, Supertramp, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots.....Newer............ Cold Play, Widespread Panic, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, the Waterboys, Moe, ALO....and many others for limited space to list(A lot of good music out there today) Favorite movies.... The Deer Hunter, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Casualties of War, Platoon, Silence of the Lambs, Dances with Wolves, Forest Gump, Wag the Dog, American Beauty, Antwone Fischer, Mystic River, Farenheit 911, Sicko....Favorite books....1984, The Odyssey, The Age of Reason, All The Presidents Men, Worse Than Watergate, Conservatives Without Conscience, Fiasco, Hubris, Steal This Book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Catcher In The Rye, Wired, No-One Here Gets Out Alive, Slaughterhouse Five, Moby Dick....Favorite sports teams.... NY Yankees, NY Giants... I've been a lifelong Democrat, but recently re-registered as an Independent. The Dems ticked me off when they caved in on the war funding resolution and the NSA warrant less Spying Program. I can't stand how the Bush administration is destroying my Country, not to mention certain other Countries! That should come across clearly in my blog posts and articles. This is the worst Presidential administration in U.S. history! I think they should be Impeached and held criminally accountable for the unnecessary invasion of Iraq. Which of course has brought nothing but death and destruction, to a nation and people who had nothing to do with 9-11, and who never posed any real threat to the U.S. I am ashamed and appalled by the conduct of this administration. When I first joined DFA I was so happy to see that so many here feel the same way! I find it hard to just sit by and not speak out about this corrupt administration and the dark period we are currently in.