Ever tried to carry around the mattress on which you sleep on? It will be mighty heavy for the majority of us out there, unless you prefer sleeping on a travel mattress that is light to tote around (and can even be folded up). The Aerobed Pakmat aims to change things, where it is a camping mat which rolls right up into its own pump. Yes, that's right - you no longer need to look around for the pump, as they are always together like identical twins at birth. The Pakmat itself is a three-season pad which will target car camping, being cozy at 6 feet 6 inch in length while measuring 26 inches wide - fitting only one, of course, unless you don't mind being a sardine for the night. The current Pakmat is going for $100 thereabouts.

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Unfortunately for CNN, the EPA has banned since 1972 the only insecticide really effective in combating bed bugs: DDT. And like good liberals, I am sure that CNN and most of the mainstream media fully supports that ban...until now. Therefore it will be interesting to see how long before CNN and other media outlets whose personnel are affected by the growing bed bug problem in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other urban areas plead for at least a temporary lifting of the DDT ban. It will be a case of liberal idealism vs. personal comfort. Should you think this bed bug concern is trivial then check out the posts on this agricultural forum where people are begging to buy DDT despite the ban in the USA:

I need to buy DDT for AWEFUL bed bug infestation. I have tried many many other things and nothing seems to work! Please help!

I have an infestation in the entire house of rental property and need to treat the house. tenants will be moved out soon

I need to buy DDT to counter a bedbug problem. I will contain and dispose of properly to reduce or eliminate environmental impact. 

I need ddt for bed bug control. I Have tried everything else, please helpme out with this aweful problem! 

NEED DDT FAST!!!!!! Brought home bed bugs from a camping trip and need a new solution. NOTHING ELSE WORKING

Come on, Rick Sanchez. Confess! Did you post one of those pleas? 

In any event, it will be interesting to see how much more time elapses before CNN and/or other news outlets develop a "strange new respect" for DDT. Perhaps they are holding back now but eventually the bed bug itching will override their liberalism.

Meanwhile, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. 

UPDATE: Bootleg DDT?

—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.

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