Michael W Stephens

Retired Engineer, Football player, Texan, musician and Multinational CEO with a passion for sharing a life of global working and travel experiences.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

Have to check in with friends and family, Freeport is my home town, although I left in 1974, still "home".

[James Spann @spann]

Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall near Freeport Texas...

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TracesofTexas Tough start to life. Good looking peas in the basket. I've picked peas and shelled them till my fingers bled, not easy work.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@FirstSquawk College has become vo-tech school for white collar workers, who must be job ready at graduation. System has to change to accommodate new reality. Teachers have to come from industry now and bring real time experience to classroom.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@FreightAlley BTW. Japan is the most racist country in the world, then go to Finland. I've found Appalachian folks to be exceptionally friendly and accommodating.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TracesofTexas Football just isn't the same without Mike Leach, he was a hoot.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@NYCMayor Silliest thing I've heard of.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TousiTVOfficial Iran is living a pipe dream, trying to find ways to keep their economy humming. Can't oppres people with full bellies and bank accounts. Nuclear ambitions for weapons grade fissal materials is a non starter, as is control of open seas.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@HoyasFan07 These countries spend so much on their bloated social systems and welfare, they have nothing left for defence, much less assist an ally in need. Dependency on US for defense has allowed internal politics to avoid their own defenses.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@spann Can't seem to shake it, rain keeps missing us, in far west Shelby county, very close to Tuscaloosa, Jefferson and Bibb county. Rain past few days missed us to the east. Our spring that feeds a small creek on side of our property has again dried up. Usually doesn't happen

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TobechiOgazi @awkwardgoogle Should have beat her with it, this is not justice

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@awkwardgoogle Should have beat her with it, these judges today and their soft on crime approach is disgusting

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@calvinfroedge Stupid question, the answer is neither. Our economy runs on cheap energy and plentiful organic based feedstocks, both related to fossil fuels, which while currently available, are finite. Poor hurt the worst, and fuel hungry ventures next. Have to secure cheap energy futures

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TracesofTexas I fell 2 stories off a ladder painting eaves on an apartment building owned by one of the football coaches. Landed flat on my back no injuries other than wind knocked out of me, and the shock of falling . Won't find me on anything more than 6', Dr says stay off any ladder.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@TousiTVOfficial I hate the bastardization of the word decimate. It means every 10th. In Roman legions, defeat met with decimation, ie, every 10rh soldier was killed for their loss.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@cdrsalamander These people are beyond crazy, they are crazy and dangerous! Shades of Adolph Hitler and his final solutions. I cannot fathom this complete lack of humanity and respect for human dignity

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@johnkonrad We haven't built a new refinery in US since 70s. Getting environmental permits almost impossible. Newsome is an idiot political animal, bowed to the greeenies to shut down petrol in Ca, go all electric. Doesn't work that way, yet at least. Poor get hurt the worst.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@gCaptain Oil contraction is inevitable, as it is a finite resource. Just a question of when. So migration from oil will happen, may as well get on with it. Will be a huge economic shock, harming the poor nations the most.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@RonDeSantis Welcome to "1984". Orwell got it almost spot on

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@johnkonrad Status matters in Asia, unlike America where everyone is treated the same, just like dogs.

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@mercoglianos Good on, whomever sank it

[Michael W Stephens @mws0529]

@mercoglianos Have to solve refueling and rearm process of Burkes. Turbines burn too much fuel. Nuc makes sense and a larger platform for more and better arms, as well as volume is good. Need now are oilers, stores ships, and better maint have to come first