A rather daft Wisconsin man has been arrested for making threats against President-Elect Barack Obama on an internet discussion board a few days ago.

Steven Joseph Christopher was taken into custody by Secret Service agents sporting mean looking sunglasses for posting several death threats on www.alien-earth.org, on January 11, 15 and 16, 2009.

"Threats against the President-Elect will be taken very seriously," said U.S. Attorney Lampton. "Use of internet chat rooms to express those threats is as much a crime as uttering the words. Threats of this nature will be pursued swiftly and vigorously."

In his messages, Christopher states he's not a racist, although his family "is a little" racist, like "all Italian and European families". He might not be racist, but he's openly antisemitic, and claims he intends to assassinate the President-elect to save the American people from some sort of Jewish conspiracy.

Obviously posting such posts and using ones own name in the process isn't a very good idea, a fact Christopher probably realized while he was being taken away by U.S. Secret Service agents, members of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

If convicted, Christopher faces up to 5 years in a very, very bad place, and a fine of up to $250,000.

You can find the full DoJ press release, including his rants, here.