It sounds like something straight out of Batman. Not the somber action movie from a couple of years ago, but the campy TV show from the 1960s. Apparently, the U.S. military semi-seriously considered a proposal for building a "gay bomb," a device that would unleash hormones into the air, turning enemy soldiers into homosexuals who were more interested in getting it on with each other than fighting.

Shockingly, this idea was proposed by the Air Force in 1994. More shocking, it was still being considered as late as 2001.

By now, you've probably heard about the gay bomb story, which is being touted as new though it first started making the rounds in late 2004. There's not much I can add to the discussion -- the real gay bombs? the latest any album by Kylie Minogue, jewelry designed by Lance Bass's ex-boyfriend, Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin and Clay Aiken's army of ferocious Claymates -- except to suggest that bloggers really need to insert more snarky, gay-themed innuendo into their headlines.

Headline roundup after the jump.

This story was a golden opportunity for us bloggers, and this is the best we could do. Barely a smattering of headlines playing on homosexual stereotypes.
The Bomb That Dare Not Speak Its Name
By Their Breath Shall Ye Know Them
Not That There's Anything Wrong With It
How The Republicans Learned To Stop Worrying And Develop A Gay Bomb
Pentagon Scraps “Make [Gay] Love Not War Bomb” Plans
Weapons of Gay Destruction
Gay Bomb Plans Blasted Open
You Dropped The Gay Bomb On Me Baby.

Let's review the rules of covering gay-themed news:
--It is always appropriate to use the words penetrating, probing and insert.
--All graphics should be tinted pink or lavender.
--Bonus points for including any image of a hunky, shirtless man, no matter how flimsy the premise.
--If the story pertains to women, bonus points for including any image of a cast member from The L-Word.
--Double bonus points for somehow working a rainbow icon, pink triangle or AIDS ribbon into a graphic.

Thank you. Today's class in stereotypes & journalism is now over.