TROUBL is shutting down. Don’t worry. We not going away forever. The holidays have provided us with a “Moment of Clarity.” We are implementing a renaissance.

2008 is over. 2009 is in. TROUBL is going, but also coming. TROUBL “The Re-up,” coming soon. Stay tuned. Hah!!!

Some look at death and turn the other way. Quite often, when a being looks at death, he considers immediately the death of himself or maybe some relative. But maybe we should consider a greater death that none of us want to confront. The death of a species and the death of civilization. More »

Not to brag, boast or over celebrate like a rookie wide receiver, but it’s TROUBL’s first birthday. No celebration, you ask. Nah. We kept it light this year. We figure we have many birthdays to come. Instead, we’re taking this time to learn from the last 365. This time last year, Barack Obama was a longshot and so were we. Americans are tuned in, making our mission more imperative. Thanks to everyone who has shown love. This next 365 is going to be crazy!

Man’s relentless search for truth has been an endless quest for many a millennia. He has looked in all directions with the hope to discover the answers to all of existence. Few have succeeded and many have fallen short on the path. The questions have been worded differently, but their end goal has always been the same. “Who Am I?,” is one. “Where did I come from and where do I go?,” is another. “How did I get here?,” is also a very familiar question asked throughout the ages and analyzed by many saints and sages who have studied these questions of perennial philosophy for centuries. More »

“Talib Speaks”

TR: What’s the cause of America’s turmoil?

Talib: “George Bush sending the U.S. militia to Iraq under the auspice of weapons of mass destruction which he knew for a fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. We have sophisticated satellites that indicate that there weren’t any WMDs and he totally disregarded that and sent the militia over there. More »

When I watched the movie ‘The Secret’ on Christmas Day 2006, my life changed forever. For the first time, all of my answers were assembled into a neat, tight little package. I’d be the first to attest to the amount of success and increased value I’ve created simply by believing it in my mind first. More »

Shaun, 23, is tuned in. “CNN baby, watch it every morning before I go to work and every night before I go to sleep,” he said. It’s how he stays up-to-date on America’s economic downturn. “Its killing me man, can’t pay to go to school, its hard to pay my bills. All of that man, it’s killing me.” In Shaun’s Queens neighborhood, “Everyone feels like they can’t get a job,” he said. Everybody stickng to hustlin and everything…” More »

Questions I’ll never get to ask Sarah Palin:

1. What makes Joe or Jane Six-Pack better qualified to run the country than someone who went to Harvard or Yale? Which is more important, judgment or experience? More »

Even if he tried, Guillaume could not hide the fact that he’s a New York transplant. Not only does his name, French meaning “Resolute Protector,” give him away, his thick accent screams Paris all the way. As he sat in Washington Square Park talking politics, more than just his nationality became evident . The more he talked, the more his support for America’s democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama exposed itself. More »

Two…Three…Four occupations even, is the dollar climate. Please do not be mistaken: One hustle is not enough. From sun up to sundown, you should have no idle time. How can you? You won’t be able to pay for anything.

In an economic circumstance, one that is affecting the globe at large, where even the richest of the richest is noticing the duckets in their purses falling into a receding abyss; the everyday person, you, must replenish what you are constantly losing because, ultimately, no one but you is going to bail you out. More »