"The Care Bear Stare has no real power"

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"The Care Bear Stare is the psychological weapon of choice for people who cannot reconcile themselves to a world without guaranteed happy endings."

"People can't fix the world with sunny thoughts"

The Dallas Morning News and its Editorial Columnist, Rod Dreher, let fly in the San Antonio EXPRESS - NEWS, Sunday, November 25, 2007. (A by the seat of your pants adaptation)

"As [journalist Julian] Sanchez explained on his blog, The Care Bear Stare was a sort of deus ex machine the magical furballs could employ when faced with some insuperable obstacle: They'd line up together and emit a glowing manifestation of their boundless caring, which seemed capable of solving just about any problem.

"Behind The Care Bear Stare is the ideological conviction that there's no problem that can't be solved by the power of human intelligence and [the] relentless application of good will.

"Alas for the Care Bears and their cute little tummies glowing with gladsome light, we live in an imperfect world.

"History teaches that the attempt to perfect it is not only futile but could make things worse (e.g., communism as a solution to poverty and inequaity).

"But so what? Our tummies are warm, our hearts are in the right place, and we won't stop thinking about tomorrow."