User: robusto
Recent Posts

• Re: It doesn't get much worse than this

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on November 2, 2009     Views: 19 Replies: 0
  Topic: It doesn't get much worse than this     Rating: +4
  Last response by brians on November 4, 2009

• Re: poem for Daylight Standard Time and All Saints' Day

  Posted to Poems by robusto on November 2, 2009     Views: 34 Replies: 1
  Topic: poem for Daylight Standard Time and All Saints' Day     Rating: +1
  Last response by waltz and capsize on November 3, 2009

• Yeah, well, thanks for the drive-by

  Posted to Poems by robusto on November 2, 2009     Views: 29 Replies: 0
  Topic: poem for Daylight Standard Time and All Saints' Day     Rating: +1
  Last response by waltz and capsize on November 3, 2009

• Hear, hear

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on October 30, 2009     Views: 18 Replies: 0
  Topic: Popular Use of Banality of Evil     Rating: +3
  Last response by kati on November 1, 2009

• Phrase mocker!

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on October 30, 2009     Views: 357 Replies: 2
  Topic: Phrase mocker!     Rating: +6
  Last response by Becephalus on October 31, 2009

• Re: Wickedness and weakness of will

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on October 30, 2009     Views: 40 Replies: 0
  Topic: Wickedness and weakness of will     Rating: +1
  Last response by robusto on October 30, 2009

• Piano colada

  Posted to Culturebox by robusto on October 29, 2009     Views: 335 Replies: 2
  Topic: Piano colada     
  Last response by sftroybob on October 30, 2009

• Transcendentalism overturned

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 27, 2009     Views: 172 Replies: 1
  Topic: Transcendent­alism overturned     Rating: +1
  Last response by falcon on October 28, 2009

• Perhaps I did not make my meeting clear

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 27, 2009     Views: 19 Replies: 2
  Topic: Transcendent­alism overturned     Rating: +1
  Last response by falcon on October 28, 2009

• *meaning ... d'oh!

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 27, 2009     Views: 32 Replies: 0
  Topic: Transcendent­alism overturned     Rating: +1
  Last response by falcon on October 28, 2009

• Re: Perhaps I did not make my meaning clear

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 28, 2009     Views: 16 Replies: 1
  Topic: Transcendent­alism overturned     Rating: +1
  Last response by falcon on October 28, 2009

• The Procrustean bed of standards

  Posted to Human Nature by robusto on October 23, 2009     Views: 460 Replies: 3
  Topic: The Procrustean bed of standards     
  Last response by FeTuS on October 28, 2009

• Seconded, approved

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 22, 2009     Views: 19 Replies: 1
  Topic: Happy Birthday, Robert Pinsky     
  Last response by robusto on October 22, 2009

• Re: Seconded, approved

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 22, 2009     Views: 17 Replies: 1
  Topic: Happy Birthday, Robert Pinsky     
  Last response by robusto on October 22, 2009

• Re: What I haven't read

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 22, 2009     Views: 19 Replies: 1
  Topic: Happy Birthday, Robert Pinsky     
  Last response by robusto on October 22, 2009

• Re: What I haven't read

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 22, 2009     Views: 34 Replies: 0
  Topic: Happy Birthday, Robert Pinsky     
  Last response by robusto on October 22, 2009

• More here than meets the eye

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 20, 2009     Views: 42 Replies: 3
  Topic: Doesn't gallop but trots nicely     
  Last response by islandtime on October 22, 2009

• Re: civilization and its discontents

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 20, 2009     Views: 15 Replies: 0
  Topic: Doesn't gallop but trots nicely     
  Last response by islandtime on October 22, 2009

• Re: "The Dusk of Horses" by James Dickey

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 22, 2009     Views: 35 Replies: 0
  Topic: Doesn't gallop but trots nicely     
  Last response by islandtime on October 22, 2009

• Re: Christopher Smart and Mr. Pinsky

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 15, 2009     Views: 43 Replies: 1
  Topic: Christopher Smart and Mr. Pinsky     
  Last response by falcon on October 15, 2009

• Re: Sexuality and Domination

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 14, 2009     Views: 65 Replies: 2
  Topic: Sexuality and Domination     
  Last response by MaryAnn on October 15, 2009

• Re: gooseflesh

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 14, 2009     Views: 54 Replies: 1
  Topic: Sexuality and Domination     
  Last response by MaryAnn on October 15, 2009

• Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 567 Replies: 4
  Topic: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?     
  Last response by robusto on October 14, 2009

• Re: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 30 Replies: 1
  Topic: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?     
  Last response by robusto on October 14, 2009

• Re: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 34 Replies: 0
  Topic: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?     
  Last response by robusto on October 14, 2009

• Re: it's not a cat poem, rob

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 51 Replies: 1
  Topic: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?     
  Last response by robusto on October 14, 2009

• Re: it's not a cat poem, rob

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 14, 2009     Views: 43 Replies: 0
  Topic: Jubilate Agno: Is the game worth the candle?     
  Last response by robusto on October 14, 2009

• Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 244 Replies: 2
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 22 Replies: 1
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 6, 2009     Views: 39 Replies: 0
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 7, 2009     Views: 45 Replies: 2
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 7, 2009     Views: 25 Replies: 0
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 7, 2009     Views: 36 Replies: 0
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Re: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 7, 2009     Views: 54 Replies: 1
  Topic: Can we stop conflating this poem with Whitman?     
  Last response by falcon on October 7, 2009

• Kitsch

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 3, 2009     Views: 77 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thursday OPP -- please comment     
  Last response by MaryAnn on September 5, 2009

• Re: Kitsch

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 3, 2009     Views: 50 Replies: 0
  Topic: Thursday OPP -- please comment     
  Last response by MaryAnn on September 5, 2009

• Re: Thursday OPP -- please comment

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 3, 2009     Views: 63 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thursday OPP -- please comment     
  Last response by MaryAnn on September 5, 2009

• Re: A Zen Buddhist perspective on "Church Monuments"

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 2, 2009     Views: 92 Replies: 1
  Topic: A Zen Buddhist perspective on "Church Monuments"­     Rating: +1
  Last response by Inkberrow on September 5, 2009

• Re: But Paul, why should each droplet be glad to rejoin

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 2, 2009     Views: 62 Replies: 1
  Topic: A Zen Buddhist perspective on "Church Monuments"­     Rating: +1
  Last response by Inkberrow on September 5, 2009

• A few donations in the wake of a great article

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 2, 2009     Views: 190 Replies: 2
  Topic: A few donations in the wake of a great article     
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on September 4, 2009

• Re: A few donations in the wake of a great article

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 3, 2009     Views: 97 Replies: 1
  Topic: A few donations in the wake of a great article     
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on September 4, 2009

• Re: Says A Lot With Little

  Posted to Poems by robusto on September 2, 2009     Views: 71 Replies: 0
  Topic: Says A Lot With Little     
  Last response by GarySlater on September 4, 2009

• Re: "TO READ": almost perfect

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 19, 2009     Views: 59 Replies: 2
  Topic: "TO READ": almost perfect     Rating: -2
  Last response by falcon on August 20, 2009

• About skin color

  Posted to Fighting Words by robusto on August 3, 2009     Views: 722 Replies: 4
  Topic: About skin color     
  Last response by blahblahblahs on August 19, 2009

• About the asterisk

  Posted to Fighting Words by robusto on August 3, 2009     Views: 74 Replies: 0
  Topic: About skin color     
  Last response by blahblahblahs on August 19, 2009

• Re: About skin color

  Posted to Fighting Words by robusto on August 3, 2009     Views: 64 Replies: 1
  Topic: About skin color     
  Last response by blahblahblahs on August 19, 2009

• Re: Two observations about Pope's "Epistle . . ."

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 5, 2009     Views: 88 Replies: 2
  Topic: Two observations about Pope's "Epistle­ . . ."     Rating: -1
  Last response by HAP on August 5, 2009

• Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 397 Replies: 3
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 45 Replies: 0
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 32 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 39 Replies: 2
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: "high" satire

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 55 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: "high" satire

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 46 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 49 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• Re: Is it merely an epistle?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on August 4, 2009     Views: 43 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it merely an epistle?     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert Pinsky on August 4, 2009

• The Palin Diet: We Need It NOW!

  Posted to Politics by robusto on July 9, 2009     Views: 293 Replies: 1
  Topic: The Palin Diet: We Need It NOW!     
  Last response by distantvoice on July 9, 2009

• Time to change the "Remarks from the Fray" comment

  Posted to Poems by robusto on July 7, 2009     Views: 254 Replies: 2
  Topic: Time to change the "Remarks­ from the Fray" comment     
  Last response by denny on July 9, 2009

• OK, Dahlia, how do you like Thomas now?

  Posted to Jurisprudence by robusto on June 25, 2009     Views: 176 Replies: 1
  Topic: OK, Dahlia, how do you like Thomas now?     
  Last response by BigLR on June 26, 2009

• Re: "The meaningless plungings of water and the wind"

  Posted to Poems by robusto on June 2, 2009     Views: 120 Replies: 1
  Topic: "The meaningless plungings of water and the wind"     Rating: +1
  Last response by waltz and capsize on June 2, 2009

• I put it to you thus: Bush v. Gore

  Posted to Jurisprudence by robusto on May 30, 2009     Views: 314 Replies: 0
  Topic: I put it to you thus: Bush v. Gore     Rating: +1
  Last response by robusto on May 30, 2009

• The riddle as Trojan Horse

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 27, 2009     Views: 257 Replies: 2
  Topic: The riddle as Trojan Horse     
  Last response by HAP on May 28, 2009

• Re: The riddle as Trojan Horse

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 28, 2009     Views: 112 Replies: 1
  Topic: The riddle as Trojan Horse     
  Last response by HAP on May 28, 2009

• Re: The riddle as Trojan Horse

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 28, 2009     Views: 105 Replies: 0
  Topic: The riddle as Trojan Horse     
  Last response by HAP on May 28, 2009

• A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 27, 2009     Views: 209 Replies: 2
  Topic: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer     
  Last response by robusto on May 28, 2009

• Re: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 28, 2009     Views: 86 Replies: 1
  Topic: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer     
  Last response by robusto on May 28, 2009

• Re: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 28, 2009     Views: 104 Replies: 1
  Topic: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer     
  Last response by robusto on May 28, 2009

• Re: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer

  Posted to Poems by robusto on May 28, 2009     Views: 122 Replies: 0
  Topic: A favorite riddle poem – see if you can guess the answer     
  Last response by robusto on May 28, 2009

• Didn't Larry Summers get fired for this kind of reasoning?

  Posted to Jurisprudence by robusto on April 12, 2009     Views: 440 Replies: 4
  Topic: Didn't Larry Summers get fired for this kind of reasoning?     Rating: +4
  Last response by generico on May 1, 2009

• The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 526 Replies: 3
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• Emendations

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 104 Replies: 0
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• Re: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 122 Replies: 0
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• Re: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 112 Replies: 1
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• Re: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 130 Replies: 1
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• Re: Curt Shannon

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 115 Replies: 1
  Topic: The inverted snobbery of Jody Rosen     
  Last response by nagatuki on April 15, 2009

• What a crock of shit.

  Posted to Jurisprudence by robusto on April 12, 2009     Views: 153 Replies: 1
  Topic: Interesting that Islam bans women from being judges.     Rating: -1
  Last response by degsme on April 15, 2009

• What the hell is a "racial Marxist"?

  Posted to Jurisprudence by robusto on April 12, 2009     Views: 122 Replies: 1
  Topic: Destroying the United States, ain’t no way to save America!     Rating: -1
  Last response by Arlington on April 13, 2009

• Re: Yea, and Verily

  Posted to Music Box by robusto on April 10, 2009     Views: 143 Replies: 1
  Topic: Yea, and Verily     
  Last response by Planetary Eulogy on April 11, 2009

• Re: In defending Billy Joel, you demean only yourself

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on January 27, 2009     Views: 120 Replies: 1
  Topic: In defending Billy Joel, you demean only yourself     
  Last response by FelchMonkey on January 29, 2009

• Re: You Nailed it!!

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on January 27, 2009     Views: 145 Replies: 0
  Topic: You Nailed it!!     
  Last response by robusto on January 27, 2009

• We didn't start the tirade

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on January 27, 2009     Views: 316 Replies: 0
  Topic: We didn't start the tirade     Rating: +1
  Last response by robusto on January 27, 2009

• What, are you sweet on Palin now too, Beam?

  Posted to Politics by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 291 Replies: 1
  Topic: What, are you sweet on Palin now too, Beam?     Rating: -1
  Last response by Demcon on November 6, 2008

• Ditto for the ditto heads

  Posted to Dialogues by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 175 Replies: 0
  Topic: Rancid right wing radio     
  Last response by robusto on November 6, 2008

• Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?

  Posted to Dialogues by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 351 Replies: 3
  Topic: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?     
  Last response by robusto on November 6, 2008

• Re: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?

  Posted to Dialogues by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 148 Replies: 0
  Topic: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?     
  Last response by robusto on November 6, 2008

• Re: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?

  Posted to Dialogues by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 145 Replies: 0
  Topic: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?     
  Last response by robusto on November 6, 2008

• Figures you'd focus on the "bad" language ...

  Posted to Dialogues by robusto on November 6, 2008     Views: 116 Replies: 0
  Topic: Excuse me, but who gives a shit whether the GOP survives?     
  Last response by robusto on November 6, 2008

• William Saletan, meet Dr. Strangelove

  Posted to Human Nature by robusto on October 30, 2008     Views: 372 Replies: 2
  Topic: William Saletan, meet Dr. Strangelove     
  Last response by robusto on October 30, 2008

• Re: William Saletan, meet Dr. Strangelove

  Posted to Human Nature by robusto on October 30, 2008     Views: 184 Replies: 0
  Topic: William Saletan, meet Dr. Strangelove     
  Last response by robusto on October 30, 2008

• Quote from the film (courtesy imdb.com)

  Posted to Human Nature by robusto on October 30, 2008     Views: 211 Replies: 0
  Topic: William Saletan, meet Dr. Strangelove     
  Last response by robusto on October 30, 2008

• Question: What's the difference between a poem and ad copy?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 21, 2008     Views: 277 Replies: 1
  Topic: Question: What's the difference between a poem and ad copy?     
  Last response by robusto on October 23, 2008

• Re: Question: What's the difference between a poem and ad copy?

  Posted to Poems by robusto on October 23, 2008     Views: 188 Replies: 0
  Topic: Question: What's the difference between a poem and ad copy?     
  Last response by robusto on October 23, 2008

• Maybe something a little less Flash-y?

  Posted to Fraywatch by robusto on October 23, 2008     Views: 260 Replies: 0
  Topic: Maybe something a little less Flash-y?     
  Last response by robusto on October 23, 2008

• Geez, are all Republicans whiners like Larimore?

  Posted to XX Factor by robusto on October 15, 2008     Views: 429 Replies: 0
  Topic: Geez, are all Republicans whiners like Larimore?     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by robusto on October 15, 2008

• Could you restate that as a crossword, please?

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on September 8, 2008     Views: 386 Replies: 0
  Topic: Could you restate that as a crossword, please?     
  Last response by robusto on September 8, 2008

• Crosswords? You draw the line in the wrong place.

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on August 21, 2008     Views: 367 Replies: 0
  Topic: Crosswords? You draw the line in the wrong place.     
  Last response by robusto on August 21, 2008

• Prove it

  Posted to Fighting Words by robusto on July 21, 2008     Views: 438 Replies: 3
  Topic: Why call God stupid?     Rating: +1/-2
  Last response by Gratuitous Python on July 21, 2008

• Re: Point better made by Miller

  Posted to Fighting Words by robusto on July 21, 2008     Views: 235 Replies: 0
  Topic: Point better made by Miller     
  Last response by crazyjerseygirl on July 21, 2008

• George Carlin said it best

  Posted to Medical Examiner by robusto on July 7, 2008     Views: 481 Replies: 0
  Topic: George Carlin said it best     
  Last response by robusto on July 7, 2008

• "Dude" ain't over till the fat lady sings.

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on June 29, 2008     Views: 468 Replies: 2
  Topic: "Dude"­ ain't over till the fat lady sings.     Rating: +1
  Last response by waltz and capsize on June 30, 2008

• Re: "Dude" ain't over till the fat lady sings.

  Posted to The Spectator by robusto on June 30, 2008     Views: 272 Replies: 1
  Topic: "Dude"­ ain't over till the fat lady sings.     Rating: +1
  Last response by waltz and capsize on June 30, 2008