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It has come to this: Tomorrow, the Working Families Party in Connecticut is hosting a bus tour of the homes of executives of AIG, the insurance giant that has become a source of populist rage for handing out large bonuses after taking billions in government bailout money.

“Their executives bear a large share of the responsibility for bringing the economy to it's knees, and now the same folks are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses -- at our expense,” they write. “Join us for a field trip to bring them the message.”

Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org, meanwhile, has set up an online game in which you throw tomatoes at the AIG building.

“We should stop throwing money at the people who ruined our economy—and start throwing (virtual) tomatoes,” the group writes in an email to members.

Meanwhile, as Dealbreaker notes, AIG sent a memo warning its employees to “avoid displaying company issued ID card outside of the office space” and “avoid using bags, apparel, etc that displays the company logo” during a protest at the company's building yesterday.

Also, “if you are on a lower floor, close the blinds/shades to windows.”

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A Wisconsin man named Steven Joseph Christopher has been arrested for threatening to kill President-elect Barack Obama on the Internet.

The Associated Press reports that Christopher, who was arrested by the Secret Service in Mississippi, has been charged with threatening to kill Mr. Obama for "the country's own good," according to prosecutors.

The 42-year-old Christopher reportedly made the threats on Jan. 11 and 15 on the site http://www.alien-earth.org. He is being held until a bail hearing scheduled for next Thursday.