The Day The Music Died

By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

Some of us are old enough to remember that day.[2] For others, it may be the day when our cellphones died, and the Internet stayed down, and life as we know it ended. You say it isn’t possible, but it is. Too pessimistic, you say. Our enemies don’t think so.

We may find that food is impossible to buy; electric vehicles (EVs) cannot be charged, and are useless; and life as we know it comes to an end. Facebook users have found it impossible to reach its website; and while reportedly it has been restored, this may be a small peak into our lives to come.[3]

An EMP Attack against the United States would likely kill all except 30 million of us.[4] The rest would become virtual slaves, waiting for an enemy to conquer and ravish us—or to die gruesome deaths like the Donner Party.[5]

Not a pretty picture, you say. The long and short of it is that none of us are getting out of this life alive. Even the billionaires with their mansions fit for a king, and their private jets, leave this world with nothing at all, not even the shirts on their backs.[6]

Thus, to cite another song: “What’s it all about, Alfie?”[7] To be blunt, we come from God, and we return to God—each and every one of us, and our beloved animals.[8]

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© 2024, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died (“The Day the Music Died”)

[3]  See, e.g., https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/facebook-instagram-hit-widespread-outages (“Facebook, Instagram service restored after widespread outages”) and https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/03/05/facebook-and-instagram-down-heres-why/ (“Facebook And Instagram Down—Here’s What’s Happened And Why”)

[4]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive”)

[5]  See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party  (“Donner Party”)

[6]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/jerry-perenchio-kind-and-caring/ (“Jerry Perenchio: Kind And Caring”)

[7]  See https://g.co/kgs/QzZky4P (“what’s it all about alfie lyrics”) 

[8]  See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/what-and-where-is-god/ (“What And Where Is God?”) and https://talkmarkets.com/contributor/timothy-naegele/blog/the-wonder-dog-is-dead-and-part-of-me-died-with-her?post=428522 (“The Wonder Dog Is Dead, And Part of Me Died With Her”)