Comments on: Tim McVeigh, the Father of DC Street Hockey? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/08/tim-mcveigh-the-father-of-dc-street-hockey/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Q http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/08/tim-mcveigh-the-father-of-dc-street-hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-625077 Q Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:28:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=26716#comment-625077 No...your alt-weekly Pulitzer is still there, this is a different category however. While I understand yours and the Post's figurative language, to be a father of something means that "he" intimately contributed to the creation of something. Then again, where McVeigh last lived, it didn't snow often enough to freeze the pond, so maybe I could picture him in rollerblades and pads. Street Hockey was bound to hit DC sometime. Would've been here sooner than 1995 with all the asphalt available if DCPS kids adopted it...wait, they don't field (sorry for the pun) those types of teams. BTW, it is true Atta probably deserves more of paternal credit, but Osama was definitely his inspiration. No...your alt-weekly Pulitzer is still there, this is a different category however. While I understand yours and the Post's figurative language, to be a father of something means that "he" intimately contributed to the creation of something. Then again, where McVeigh last lived, it didn't snow often enough to freeze the pond, so maybe I could picture him in rollerblades and pads.

Street Hockey was bound to hit DC sometime. Would've been here sooner than 1995 with all the asphalt available if DCPS kids adopted it...wait, they don't field (sorry for the pun) those types of teams.

BTW, it is true Atta probably deserves more of paternal credit, but Osama was definitely his inspiration.

]]> By: Dave McKenna http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/08/tim-mcveigh-the-father-of-dc-street-hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-625074 Dave McKenna Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:17:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=26716#comment-625074 Q:so you're taking away my alt pulitzer already? damn. but i have no idea why you're quibbling with me. let's review: april 1995: mcveigh's dirty deed april 1995: white house is closed off to traffic right after april 1995: pickup street hockey shows up in front of the white house on the closed up portion of PA. Avenue, giving the sport a presence in DC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! and, i don't know if osama bin laden is father to anything but all those kids. he was a public enemy long before Sept. 11. But i'd say mohammed atta spawned all those restrictive things you cite, surely as mcveigh's murders opened the space where dc's street hockey scene was born. were it not for that PA. Avenue "rink," they'd all still be playing on tennis courts in northern virginia like before. again, how can you quibble with that? Q:so you're taking away my alt pulitzer already? damn. but i have no idea why you're quibbling with me.
let's review:
april 1995: mcveigh's dirty deed
april 1995: white house is closed off to traffic
right after april 1995: pickup street hockey shows up in front of the white house on the closed up portion of PA. Avenue, giving the sport a presence in DC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
and, i don't know if osama bin laden is father to anything but all those kids. he was a public enemy long before Sept. 11. But i'd say mohammed atta spawned all those restrictive things you cite, surely as mcveigh's murders opened the space where dc's street hockey scene was born. were it not for that PA. Avenue "rink," they'd all still be playing on tennis courts in northern virginia like before. again, how can you quibble with that?

]]> By: Q http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/07/08/tim-mcveigh-the-father-of-dc-street-hockey/comment-page-1/#comment-625050 Q Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:40:17 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=26716#comment-625050 Uhmm, nice try Dave but I disagree. In some instances, Street Hockey is prohibited on that certain stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue...at least without a permit and Secret Service blessing. Using the McVeigh logic, we can say Osama binLaden is the father of the Transportation Safety Administration and God-Father to the restrictive airspace 30 miles surrounding Washington. Uhmm, nice try Dave but I disagree. In some instances, Street Hockey is prohibited on that certain stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue...at least without a permit and Secret Service blessing. Using the McVeigh logic, we can say Osama binLaden is the father of the Transportation Safety Administration and God-Father to the restrictive airspace 30 miles surrounding Washington.

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