...but this thread isn't about me - ...
Yes, it is. The reason you are frustrated is that you mistakenly think you are "libertarian".
"fix the restaurant carry problem, raise all the speed limits, add more lanes to everything, double teacher salaries, keep abortion safe and legal, keep 'intelligent design' out of schools, and raise taxes whenever necessary to do it."
A consistant libertarian would work to:
Abolish all drinking laws.
Eliminate speed limits.
Spend no more on public roads.
Eliminate all public education.
Mind his own business on abortion.
See above for what is taught in schools.
Abolish all taxes.