Having said all of the above, I myself could be described as libertarian-minded to a degree. I hate giving the government money used to interfere with my life and spit on my values just as much as the next guy. I think the war on drugs is a bad joke, both because it is a collossal waste of resources and because I do not see the logic or morality of locking a guy away for five or ten years from his familiy and friends at tremendous taxpayer expense because he possessed drugs. But where the libertarians lose me, and lose me badly is on foreign policy; isolationism is a recipe for disaster.
And I as well. However, because I want a severe reduction in the government (non-defense), I consider myself libertarian. I believe that a strong military, police, and courts are the only moral activities of the government. I think you'll meet up with many that consider themselves "l"ibertarians that feel the same way, regardless of what the LP is saying at the moment.
I'd call myself a full conservative, but unfortunately there are only a handful of actions by conservatives in the last 60 years where it can be proven that they are indeed for a reduction in government. Those are just the facts. It's not a condemnation of any member of this forum in particular, I just think that the leadership of the GOP right now is out of touch with the individualistic mind of the majority of the people they represent.