How do I rename a folder

I've searched the internet and haven't found a solution to a "renaming" issue with my IMAC OSX 10.9.2. I have a folder on my hard drive, called "All Stuff" that I cannot rename. The folder is located in the Documents folder. For some reason, I am unable to rename it. I've checked permissions, and everythings good to go. Just upgraded my system to Mavericks recently and just noticed this odd behavior. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Jeff Bue
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OK Barney... I typed in that command in Terminal and received a data dump of the contents of the All Stuff folder with what appears to be a read/write permissions. I'm not smart enough to understand what all this means. Some of it I can figure out, like file size. Below is what I've pasted from the first 8 rows of 141.
-rwxrwxrwx    1 Texas_Smoke69 staff 4319039 Oct 5 2008 35 GOD'S FAMILY.wma
-rwx---rw-@   1 Texas_Smoke69 staff 1116670 Jul 24 2011 7-31-2011.cdr
-rwx---rw-@   1 Texas_Smoke69 staff 1094710 Aug 27 2011 8-28-2011.cdr
-rwxrwxrwx    1 Texas_Smoke69 staff 3044320 May 3 2010 Alaska_Vacation_01.wmv
drwxrwxrwx   27 Texas_Smoke69 staff      918 Nov 10 2010 Bank of America Home Loan 2010
-rwxrwxrwx    1 Texas_Smoke69 staff    27240 Apr 16 2011 Bible in a year.docx
drwxrwxrwx    5 Texas_Smoke69 staff      170 Jan 1 2010 Blog Stuff
-rw-r--r--    1 Texas_Smoke69 staff 2416330 Sep 24 2011 Car rental Air Fare Gas Receipts.pdf
I'm guessing that maybe the permissions from the top folder, All Stuff, aren't populated to the subfolders and files, perhaps? Like I said, I'm not smart enough to figure this out. I had to google "ACL" and "posix permission line".   I guess to answer your questions, I don't know if any ACLs show up or if anything shows up below the "posix permission line". Thanks.

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