Do you run any type of adblocker? it could inadvertently be mistaking the background as an ad... If so, disable it, close and reopen your browser to see if that fixes it. If so, you may need to whitelist gmtnation.
The links in that bar are white by default. If the background gets hidden that's why you can't see the links without selecting text. If no adblocker, no idea... I don't use IE unless I absolutely have to.
Could try IE10 preview (what I'm currently using since it's built in to Win8 Release Preview, it renders the background)...
Download IE10 Platform Preview
Or Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Maxthon... all of these display the page as designed. just don't use Lynx... things don't work well in that browser
