Just dusted this one off and gave it a read today. It's really given me a jolt.

Hayek: Why I Am Not a Conservative

I would also like to add, since I haven't had much time to post here, that I have left the Republican Party. The treatment of Ron Paul and his supporters in Minneapolis and St. Paul by the GOP was fascist and disrespectful. I've changed my registration in North Carolina from Republican to Libertarian. I continue to work for B.J. Lawson's campaign and will support Republicans and Democrats who are libertarians.