The government sought to ridicule her protest by sending a beach umbrella, plastic table and garden chairs to the scene.

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Now paths run through palm-tree groves to guesthouses, beachfront restaurants serve up the morning haul and beach-umbrella wallahs offer shade and lounge chairs.

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Sure, you can still buy kitsch coconut-shell bikinis from a Waikiki Beach vendor and sip from umbrella-garnished Blue Hawaiians at Don Ho-inspired tiki bars.

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And I do fantasize about filing my blogs from some Windows 8 lap-tablet while on some deserted beach, sipping a fruity cocktail with a little paper umbrella in it.

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Mocking those who insist on going into the rain without an umbrella or who claim that night is day, cold is hot, snow makes for a good time at the beach, money printing generates wealth, and nations can tax and spend their way to prosperity may not solve any problems.

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