Originally Posted by Pooka

With great sadness the Right Wing press is faced with the passing of one of it's favorite talking points/fables: No new oil refineries have been built in the US in twenty years.

Today Motiva announced the opening of its' refinery expansion in Port Arthur, Texas. Once a 275,000 bbl. a day facility it is now a 600,000 a day facility. All of the expansion is new and built from the ground up as a brand new refinery. I am no good at attaching links; maybe someone else can.

Work was started five years ago and has continued the entire time the Right Wing Press was telling us that no refinery construction was underway in the US. And even worse, Obama has made no effort to stop the construction of the refinery even though it has been widely reported that he is doing almost nothing but trying to stop such developments.

Another refinery is also about to double in size in the Northwest, and two refineries in Tulsa have just finished expanding. The Sunoco refineries that the Right Wing press have been speaking about closing were just purchased and will not only stay open but also plan to expand. I guess the Right Wing Press must have missed that story, so I am glad to be able to bring it to their attention.

Of course all this expansion will result in a lot of jobs paying around $32 an hour. I guess the new talking point will be just think of how many more Union jobs would have been created if Obama were not President.

Hummmm..... Might have to rethink that last one.