I haven’t checked this guy’s stats — because I’m on a cruise for pete’s sake — but some interesting tidbits:

Jonah,
I hope you are enjoying the cruise. Apropos of nothing, I was stunned to learn that the crime rate in Canada is much higher than that of the US (guess I have been brain washed by the Canada is Utopia crowd). For the year 2003, per 100,000 population, Canada had 8,530 crimes, and the U.S. 4,267. For crimes of violence, 958 vs. 523. For property crimes, 4,275 vs. 3,744. Maybe this is common knowledge, but it is counter to everything I have heard or been lead to believe. I learned this, from all places, on Roger Ebert’s web site. (via an unrelated link from Sullivan). You might want to bring this to the attention of all those “United States of Canada” folks. If you add in the crime rate from the blue states, e.g. New York City, Detroit and LA, Jesusland might be more popular that Lawrence O’Donnell thinks! Enjoy the rest of your trip.