PilzButt: progress thus far

# Import some necessary libraries.
import socket

# Some basic variables used to configure the bot
server = "irc.rizon.net" # Server
channel = "#PilzBotTestan" # Channel
botnick = "Ichi_Nee-San" # Your bots nick
admins = ["Pilz", "Unyin"]
error_message = "Danger! Danger! DANGER!"

#some bonus global variables

def ping(): # This is our first function! It will respond to server Pings.
  ircsock.send("PONG pingis\n")  #Don't forget to PONG the server's PING! -AltAdvice

def sendmsg(chan , msg): # This is the send message function, it simply sends messages to the channel.
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ chan +" :"+ msg +"\n")

def joinchan(chan): # This function is used to join channels.
  ircsock.send("JOIN "+ chan +"\n")

def hello(): # This function responds to a user that inputs "Hello <botnick>"
  ircsock.send("PRIVMSG "+ channel +" :Hello!\n")

def authorization(nick): #this function will determine whether someone is authorized to use a command or not.
  print nick + "authorization sector check"
  print nick + "as a sting is" + str(nick)
  nick = str(nick)
  administrator = 0 #if 1 or higher, user is admin
  for name in admins: #is the user an admin?
     if name == nick:
       administrator = administrator + 1
       while administrator > 0:
         print "Returnin' admin, Boss!"
         return 'admin'
     else:
       print
       return 'spy'

def bot_movement(authorized, direction):  #this function allows admins to make the bot join or leave channels
  print "Movement stage, check!  " + authorized + ", " + direction
  if authorized == 'admin':
    if direction == 'join':
      ircsock.send("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :This is working!!!11!  I'd join a channel if I knew how!" + "\n")
    elif direction == 'part':
      ircsock.send("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :This is wor-oh.  You want me to leave ;_;" + "\n")
    elif direction == 'away':
      ircsock.send("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :RIPperoni!" + "\n")
  else:  #is the user a dirty damn not-admin?!
    print "SPAH SAPPIN' MAH SENTRY!"
    ircsock.send("PRIVMSG " + channel + ":I'll cut ya if'n ya try tha' agin m8, see if I doesn't!" + "\n")

ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using port 6667
ircsock.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :This bot is a result of a tutorial covered on http://shellium.org/wiki.\n") # user authentication
ircsock.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") # here we actually assign the nick to the bot

joinchan(channel) # Join the channel using the functions we previously defined

while 1: # Be careful with these! It might send you to an infinite loop
  ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048) # receive data from the server
  ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r') # removing any unnecessary linebreaks.
  print(ircmsg) # Here we print what's coming from the server

  if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1: # if the server pings us then we've got to respond!
    ping()

  if ircmsg.find(":Hello "+ botnick) != -1: # If we can find "Hello Mybot" it will call the function hello()
    hello()

  if ircmsg.find(":!join") != -1:  #looks for a !join command
    userName = ircmsg.split ( '!' ) [ 0 ].replace ( ':', '' )
    print userName + " Command stage check!"
    bot_movement(authorization(userName), 'join')

  if ircmsg.find(":!part") != -1:  #looks for a !part command
    userName = ircmsg.split ( '!' ) [ 0 ].replace ( ':', '' )
    print userName + " Command stage check!"
    bot_movement(authorization(userName), 'part')

  if ircmsg.find(":!away") != -1:  #looks for a !away command
    userName = ircmsg.split ( '!' ) [ 0 ].replace ( ':', '' )
    print userName + " Command stage check!"
    bot_movement(authorization(userName), 'away')