[jQuery] How to access xml attribute values with Jquery?? ...that have a namespace. Ex = name:funny

[jQuery] How to access xml attribute values with Jquery?? ...that have a namespace. Ex = name:funny


I'm using this tutorial for xml consumption with jquery:
http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Easy_XML_Consumption_using_jQuery
The tutorial includes this code example to find the value of the
"post" attribute in the node "name":
studentPost = $this.find("name").attr("post");
But... It doesn't work if a namespace is added. For example, this
doesn't work:
studentPost = $this.find("name:funny").attr("post");
Notice the ":funny" namespace above.
The xml doc looks something like this: <name:funny post='ha ha'...
How can I use JQuery to access the attribute value if there is a
namespace?