Michael Leisner, the idiot who tried to burn a box of Cheerios to strike a blow against gay rights, went on the Alan Colmes show to defend his actions. Much hilarity ensues.
Aug 15 2012
Cereal Burner Defends His Actions
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hexidecima
August 15, 2012 at 9:12 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
When I saw this video, I could not belive someone would be so stupid to do this *and* post it (seems his son isn’t any smarter than the father). Doing such a stupid thing in the wrong place could have easily started a wildfire. He demonstrated quite a hilarious level of cowardice.
cycleninja
August 15, 2012 at 9:21 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
[Hermione]
What. An idiot.
[/Hermione]
holytape
August 15, 2012 at 9:21 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I still want to see a myth busters episode based on this video. 1.) Are Cheerios really that flammable? 2.) Which is the most flammable cereal? 3.) Can you make a flame thrower using just cereal?
Gregory in Seattle
August 15, 2012 at 9:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@holytape – I suspect they would do it, too, just to see if they could make something go BOOM!
Mr Ed
August 15, 2012 at 9:26 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@3
Whole grain cereals are fine but I think Chocolate Covered Sugar Bombs might act like napalm.
shouldbeworking
August 15, 2012 at 9:26 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m sure the Mythbusters could make a cereal flamethrower work. Any cereal could potentially work as a fuel if powdered (raisin bran maybe not so well) and compressed air as a propellant… I better stop, te neighbours are already giving me ‘that look’ again.
matty1
August 15, 2012 at 9:29 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
At the end he promises another video where he will “explain why the homosexual is so attracted to cheerios”. Please, please post this when it comes on.
coleopteron
August 15, 2012 at 9:31 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Paraphrasing Mr Leisner:
Well, good to know his next video will be a sensible one then. /snark
Also interesting to note that other people taking souvenir photographs in front of GM is exactly the same as him setting fire to their lawn.
With regards to him stomping out the cheerios and not the lawn – which he was apparently completely sure he wasn’t damaging. If he was burning the cheerios as a protest, and the lawn was in no danger, and he was convinced he had every right to do it, then why stomp the cheerios out?
I’m surprised Mr Colmes didn’t burst out laughing at this “defence”.
Jasper of Maine (I feel safe and welcome at FTB)
August 15, 2012 at 9:37 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wow – a voice of reason coming out of a Fox News outlet?
Abby Normal
August 15, 2012 at 9:39 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@matty1
I’m just going to assume it’s because he wears one as a cock ring.
Larry
August 15, 2012 at 9:52 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Don’t forget
4) What happens when you blow up a box of Cheerios with C4?
stace
August 15, 2012 at 9:59 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Likely another fail, it probably kept falling off.
Tualha
August 15, 2012 at 10:07 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@6
Powdered cereal, suspended in air and ignited, would burn very fast, and if confined, would be explosive. No?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion
Insert joke about killer cereals here…
eric
August 15, 2012 at 10:16 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Second matty’s request. “[Why] the homosexual is so attracted to cheerios” could be amusing. And what sort of dark depravity is represented by liking honey nut cheerios, hmmmm?
(That was, incidentally, the #1 selling cereal in the U.S. from 2009 to at least 2011, and may still be the best selling for all I know. The world is full of preverts! Teh gay is everywhere!)
naturalcynic
August 15, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
C’mon Colmes. Jefferson took the gospels and cut out the miracles and cut out everything else. All that was left was part of the gospels.
iangould
August 15, 2012 at 10:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The two key difference between burning a flag and burning cereal is that
A. CEREAL ISN’T FLAMMABLE* and
B. CEREAL ISN’T FLAMMABLE
Now technically I know that’s only one difference but I think it’s such an important one that it bears repeating. (Thanks to everyone involved in the production of Red Dwarf.)
(*except under fairly specific circumstances as described by shouldbeworking)
Ed Brayton
August 15, 2012 at 11:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Abby Normal wrote:
You are hereby awarded one internet. Enjoy.
donnas
August 15, 2012 at 12:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The news is also reporting that he (Leisner) died this weekend. http://www.startribune.com/local/166257476.html?refer=y
brocasbrian
August 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Bravo Alan Colmes. That was an awesome slap down.
erichoug
August 15, 2012 at 12:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Now I’m kinda wondering about flamable cereal. I know that grain elevators and grain storage is extremely flamable and tend to be an explosion risk. Enough so that they have a Class and Div rating. I know if you throw up a handful of flour and light the cloud with a lighter it will definitely go boom. But, does that mean cereal is flamable?
Now I gotta go buy a box of cheerios.
Pieter B, FCD
August 15, 2012 at 12:49 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
So…did God strike him down, or did he die of embarrassment?
Hayden
August 15, 2012 at 2:34 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@18
Wow, this story just gets weirder and weirder. Now, just imagine the irony if he died of heart disease… which can be mitigated by eating things such as the whole grain oats in Cheerios.
eoraptor013
August 15, 2012 at 3:03 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@3 and @5
You guys obviously aren’t familiar with grain silos and the explosive properties of organic dust. Many a poor soul has wandered off this mortal coil while loading/unloading grain silos.
Talk about BOOM!
eoraptor013
August 15, 2012 at 3:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@23 — Sorry, should have read the rest of the thread first.
eoraptor013
August 15, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@22
According to the news article, he died of a heart attack. Maybe Dog should start wearing glasses to correct his myopia.
stace
August 15, 2012 at 3:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Jesus Christ, the guy just fucking up and died? Instant karma is truly a major bitch.
Hayden
August 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@25
Yeah, I see that now. Either I missed it my first time reading, or they updated the article. What amazing irony.
grumpyoldfart
August 15, 2012 at 7:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If Leisner had been able to properly interpret his bible, be wouldn’t have been playing with fire. The warnings were there, and he ignored them.
Proverbs 1:26
I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you.
Romans 6:23
The wages of sin is death.
Dr X
August 15, 2012 at 11:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Liberals killed him, just like they killed the Chick-fil-a VP.
When an anti-gay bigot dies, liberals killed him, when a gay man dies, God killed him.
Crudely Wrott
August 16, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Michael Leisner:
Dog’s got one Hell of a sense of humor, eh?
I take no pleasure in poor Michael’s death but gee whiz, why do I keep hearing the biblical admonition about the wages of sin? Especially when sin can be as simple as touching something you’ve been told not to touch, like the Ark of the Covenant or someone else’s stuff, and, by extension, including setting fire to a lawn that isn’t yours.
Believers should start being more careful. Oh, wait. Martyrdom is Dog’s way of saying, “Good boy! You gets treats!”