First, from my reading they're targeting standard incandescents. Not 'specialty' bulbs like Halogens, utility, or night light bulbs. Though things like a sewing machine or night light bulb are more likely to be replaced by LEDs. Your stove light is unlikely to be replaced by a fluorescent any time soon. Putting a cold temperature type in the refridgerator would eliminate much of the head the bulb currently produces, requiring less energy to cool the fridge back down. While there are some downsides, there are also many benefits to CFLs, and they're getting better. Personally, I object to the idea of forcing people. My favorite part of them is that I've never had to replace a CFL yet. Incandescents go out all the time in comparison.
Those of you complaining about the light, have you tried any of the CFLs recently? I know there's likely to be a number of the nasty older ones out there, especially given their long life span, but the modern ones are much better. Their solid state electronic ballast kicks the frequency up from 60 hz up into the thousands, which also helps take care of any noise problems. My house is an older one, and the previous owner has some big tube ones up that flicker. This means that I need to replace the ballast.
As for the toilets, I agree with you. Still, many cities are having water problems, doing a full flush every time is wasteful. I wish they'd come out with the two lever flush systems I saw in europe. For simple needs use the small flush, for the big ones use the large flush. I've also read that many of the problems came from poorly designed low-flow toilets, and many poor ones are still installed simply because they're cheap. Then again, it noted that some of the expensive ones performed poorly too, so finding reviews might be a good idea.
Look at it this way. You're much more likely to be able to go 'off grid' and live independant of utilities with CFLs and low flow toilets than without.
