Brion Finlay Blog

FINLAY: Ice Cream Social
We had a fantastic ice cream social event at the Ramsey house. Here is a picture of two Interpreters who are wearing some interpreted dress from the time of Alexander Ramsey...
Updated: 08:13 PM
 
FINLAY: Wednesday Night
Giulianis speech was fantastic, and he was receiving such warm feedback that he would frequently go off teleprompter and add new digs at Obama...
Updated: 08:12 PM
 
FINLAY: Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina was one of the early speakers at the convention tonight. Carly was the former CEO of Hewlett Packard before she was ousted...
Updated: 02:48 PM
 
FINLAY: Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani delivered a fantastic speech! A delightful combination of delicious sarcasm and witty observations directed at the Obama campaign...
Updated: 02:46 PM
 
FINLAY: Beginning of the Last Day
Our morning meetings with the Minnesota delegatins have been very interesting. This morning we are opening with a speech from Jim Ramstead, the outgoing congressman from the 3rd district...
Updated: 02:00 PM
 
FINLAY: Pictures from Day 1
Getting to convention: Here we are on the bus to convention. Thankfully, it is air conditioned. This is a warm day, even in my light colored suit...
Updated: 12:38 PM
 
FINLAY: 2nd Monday Event
Our second event today was on the union pacific railway cars. This was a very impressive event - the union pacific folks went out of their way to present a fantastic experience...
Updated: 12:31 PM
 
FINLAY: Day 1 at the Convention
What a day. We started out doing community service at the union mission gospel...
Updated: 12:28 PM
 
FINLAY: Morning of the first day
First thing in the morning and we are up for the breakfast reception, hosted by Johnson and Johnson...
Updated: 02:13 PM
 
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