diff --git a/bootstrap-1.0.0.css b/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
index ed1f3a20c7af9df424337db5912bb1a6a8a99ecd..f3487612ca64a62b0d0f14cd31961c646e4fb6f9 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Designed and built with all the love in the world @twitter by @mdo and @fat.
- * Date: Sun Aug 21 19:59:40 PDT 2011
+ * Date: Sun Aug 21 20:21:55 PDT 2011
  */
 /* Reset.less
  * Props to Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com) for his CSS reset file. We're using an adapted version here	that cuts out some of the reset HTML elements we will never need here (i.e., dfn, samp, etc).
@@ -1440,6 +1440,9 @@ div.block-message {
   padding: 14px;
   color: #404040;
   color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
+  *color: #404040;
+  /* IE 6-7 */
+
   text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
   -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
   -moz-border-radius: 6px;
@@ -1448,6 +1451,9 @@ div.block-message {
 div.block-message p {
   color: #404040;
   color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
+  *color: #404040;
+  /* IE 6-7 */
+
   margin-right: 30px;
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
diff --git a/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css b/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
index 598725b0a8b3753bdbfba2a710a5c3064c765756..200b5a44897d7887dd895c4c3c580c6adccaaf60 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ div.alert-message.warning{background-color:#ffd75a;}
 div.alert-message.success{background-color:#74c474;}
 div.alert-message.info{background-color:#30c0fb;}
 div.alert-message a.close{float:right;margin-top:-2px;color:#fff;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);filter:alpha(opacity=50);-khtml-opacity:0.5;-moz-opacity:0.5;opacity:0.5;-webkit-border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;}div.alert-message a.close:hover{text-decoration:none;filter:alpha(opacity=50);-khtml-opacity:0.5;-moz-opacity:0.5;opacity:0.5;}
-div.block-message{margin-bottom:18px;padding:14px;color:#404040;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}div.block-message p{color:#404040;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);margin-right:30px;margin-bottom:0;}
+div.block-message{margin-bottom:18px;padding:14px;color:#404040;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);*color:#404040;text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}div.block-message p{color:#404040;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);*color:#404040;margin-right:30px;margin-bottom:0;}
 div.block-message ul{margin-bottom:0;}
 div.block-message strong{display:block;}
 div.block-message a.close{display:block;color:#404040;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);text-shadow:0 1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);}
diff --git a/lib/patterns.less b/lib/patterns.less
index e9201224079fff91083ca01f6a74f6ee23dd5da8..02aeaf5597e7165fc4e3585b7151b8a148e3902a 100644
--- a/lib/patterns.less
+++ b/lib/patterns.less
@@ -338,11 +338,13 @@ div.block-message {
   padding: 14px;
   color: @grayDark;
   color: rgba(0,0,0,.8);
+  *color: @grayDark; /* IE 6-7 */
   text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.25);
   .border-radius(6px);
   p {
     color: @grayDark;
     color: rgba(0,0,0,.8);
+    *color: @grayDark; /* IE 6-7 */
     margin-right: 30px;
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }