VBO's being turned on causes severe texture problems

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

My understanding of VBO setting is that it modifies the rendering process to reduce the load on your GPU. I thought it may reduce render quality for blocks further away, but not any considerable amount.

What actually happened was...:
When I enable it, certain areas have floating "clouds" of random texture that when closer inspected, are composed of images from the item texture files.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable fancy graphics, maximum smooth lighting, Alternate blocks, and Use VBO's.
2. look for areas with strange, missing, or warped textures