Morning Constitutional – Thursday, 11 March 2010

Good morning, everybody. Charlie Sheen says it never happened, and A.C. Slater is having a baby. Now, enjoy your morning constitutional:

The Virginia General Assembly has moved to make it illegal for the government to require people to buy health insurance, a move clearly in response to current health reform efforts in Washington.

Girl in Mississippi wants to bring her girlfriend to the prom. School\’s response: Cancel prom.

Ezra Klein gives an interesting history of the filibuster. It even involves Aaron Burr, a personal hero of mine.

Chile inaugurates a new president today, conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera.

Bank of America stole a parrot from a wrongly-foreclosed house.  In other news, they\’ve decided to start denying  transactions from customers using debit cards who do not have enough money in their account (instead of charging an overdraft charge).

In D.C., celebrating the eradication of snakes by attempting to emulate the Marlboro Man. Down below, the President of Brazil gives up smoking.

A guy named \’Carlos Slim\’ is the world\’s richest man—a sign the economy suffered badly?

In Texas, conservatives move to have school textbooks portray them in a more positive light.

Lots of schools closing in Kansas City (Missouri).

Finally, as it is new and awesome and will presumably steal away half your day, perhaps you should avoid this until after work…Naw, just go ahead.