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Drill, Baby, Drill: Remix Contest Winners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skYoGXs5uE4Three weeks ago, when chants of “Drill, Baby, Drill” reverberated through the Republican National Convention and into the memesphere, Wired Science invited readers to remix this surreal affirmation of domestic oil production. We’ve picked our winners: the video at right, by Clay Corrello, and this song by a reader who wished to remain anonymous. “If […]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skYoGXs5uE4Three weeks ago, when chants of "Drill, Baby, Drill" reverberated through the Republican National Convention and into the memesphere, Wired Science invited readers to remix this surreal affirmation of domestic oil production.

We've picked our winners: the video at right, by Clay Corrello, and this song by a reader who wished to remain anonymous.

"If I win, do I get to be vice president?" asked Corrello. That is, alas, not in our power – but we can give the winners copies of How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist.

I'd also like to give an honorable mention to this dark, wholly NSFW yet weirdly appropriate film by Tony Stone. And another honorable mention belongs to country musician Aaron Tippin, who released his "Drill Here, Drill Now" shortly after the convention.

"God forbid if our oily friends should decide to cut us off / We’d be standin’ around with our britches down now listen to me ya’ll / Drill here, drill now," sings Tippin. Can't say I agree with his conclusions, but he knows how to craft a song.

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