Ashton Kutcher is famous for being able to give it, but apparently he can’t take it. Kutcher, the actor/producer who has become a pop icon for his usage of Twitter (and the first account to have a million followers) is threatening to leave the service if a plan goes forward to use the 140-character microblogging service to track celebrities in a new reality show.

Ashton Kutcher said he might give up Twitter if the Web site’s parent company participates in a reality show.

“It’s all fun and games until somebody gets stalked,” Kutcher wrote in a Twitter posting late Monday.

Variety magazine reported Monday that San Francisco-based Twitter.com had partnered with TV producers Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment on an unscripted show that would be “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said there was “no official Twitter TV show” in the works, but “we have a lightweight, non-exclusive, agreement with the producers which helps them move forward more freely.”

Kutcher used Twitter to post a link to a news report about the partnership along with this message: “Wow I hope this isn’t true. I really don’t like being sold out. May have to take a twitter hiatus.”

I find it somewhat amusing to see that Kutcher, who wasn’t afraid to do anything to advance his career via Twitter – including breaking into the CNN Center to hang a banner with his twitter account on it – is suddenly finding out what it’s like on the other side. There’s those old sayings about karma being a bitch, or what goes around comes around – well, I’d say this is “Punk’d” getting regurgitated right on his shirt.

C’mon, Kutch – where’s the sense of humor? Didn’t mind making someone else look like an ass on TV – or posting your cougar wife’s ass on TwitPic – but as soon as you don’t control the situation you cry foul? Man up, boy – man up!

Ever since the whole Manny Ramirez thing hit Major League Baseball, there’s been this dichotomy of opinion – is it right, is it wrong, should we even care? Looks like that simmering pot of gruel is coming to a boil as we approach the All-Star Game and the first vote totals have been released. Turns out Manny’s running fourth for the NL outfield, just outside the starting lineup. He’ll be off the suspension a week before the game, and now there’s a big push by some to get him elected. Jason Rosenberg has started a “Vote For Manny” blog and is actively seeking to have the suspended Dodger in the outfield for the July 14 game.

Voting began April 22, so it’s unclear how many were cast for Ramirez before the suspension. Baseball’s drug agreement states “a player shall be deemed to have been eligible to play in the All-Star game if he was elected or selected to play; the commissioner’s office shall not exclude a player from eligibility for election or selection because he is suspended under the program.”

“It would be too interesting, too funny, too pick-your-adjective to see Manny get elected,” Rosenberg said. “It’s got to be MLB’s nightmare that the two biggest stars who have implicated themselves or gotten implicated by this are now potentially starting in their signature midsummer moment.”

Baseball spokesman Rich Levin declined comment, saying: “People can do what they want.”

Like most people, my initial reaction is to want to keep Ramirez out of the game – and the Dodgers’ lineup. But the evidence – and the players’ sentiment – makes me believe that the performance enhancer usage throughout the game is much more widespread than anyone believes. Even the small number of high profile players that have been caught or are under suspicion skew the numbers so badly as to make their influence impossible to ignore. So, do we kick out all of the “cheaters”? Do we accept it as a part of the game, like the phantom double play and the brushback pitch? Or do we throw open the drugstore cabinet and let them have at it? I don’t know, but baseball will never be the game it once was in my mind … and that’s a very sad thing.

If you want to check it out for yourself – or vote your opinion, here’s the site link: www.voteformanny.blogspot.com