Er...? I mean.... just take out the flash, right?
You could also try limiting the size of the flash embed tag.
You're constantly looking for shortcuts, but they will end up coming back to give you trouble if you're not doing things the standard way so much.
Maybe this is the only option.... I dunno. And, no, sorry... not sure how to put an image on top.
Actually... hmm... this might work, but probably isn't the best idea.
<div id="Layer2" style="position:absolute; width:612px; height:307px; z-index:1; left: 175px; top: 175px;">
That's copied from an old page on my site. That will, with the z-index, put that on top of the other stuff. The absolute position will make it go to that location (like a graph, but y from the top down, and x from the left to right, wither lower to higher numbers).
If you use: <div ...><img...></div>, that should probably work.
Maybe not the best option, though, and does very much rely on specific measurements... make sure that the flash object CANNOT move, or it'll be sliding around under the image.