'Send channel text to IRC channel (visible to all). Note that
we don\'t handle the "text" send (it\'s rerouted to send_default
which does nothing) - this is because the IRC bot is a normal
session and would otherwise report anything that happens to it
to the IRC channel (such as it seeing server reload messages).
Args:
text (str): Outgoing text'

def send_channel(self, *args, **kwargs):

    text = (args[0] if args else '')
    if text:
        text = parse_irc_colors(text)
        self.say(self.channel, text)
