function add_comment(poster_div, comment_div, news_id_div, action, new_comment_div) {
	var poster = document.getElementById(poster_div).getAttribute('value');
	var comment = document.comment.value;
	var news_id = document.getElementById(news_id_div).getAttribute('value');
	
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
		request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} else { }
	
	request.open('POST', action, true);
	
	post_string = 'poster=' + poster;
	post_string += 'comment=' + comment.getAttribute('value');
	post_string += 'news_id=' + news_id;
	
	request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(request.readyState == 4 || request.readyState == 0) {
			request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    		request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", post_string.length);
    		request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
    		request.send(post_string);
    	}
    }
    
    document.getElementById(new_comment_div).innerHTML = '<b>RE: News Story</b> ~ posted by ' + poster + '<hr>' + comment + '<br /><br />';
	document.getElementById(comment_div) = "";
	
}