Really. Kvetching about CFLs makes us look like troglodytes. The bulbs are fine, just different, and probably do (or soon will) save measurable money vis a vis incandescents. The mercury business is a phoney issue. Pay it no mind.
What we should be concentrating on is the fight against a gubmint that thinks it is in a position to tell us which light bulb we are allowed to buy. This is the real issue.