This is still one of the funniest scenes in the entire series, and it's one of the very few times (before Book II) that someone actually calls out Tariq on everything he's done.
But the setup is absolutely ridiculous. On what planet did Tariq think that he was going to have Ghost take the weight for killing Ray Ray? Not just because Ghost is about to run for lieutenant governor, but because the night before, Tariq threatened to kill him and claimed that he was never his father? I know Tariq used to be a psycho, but he had to have been on some illegal pharmaceutical substance if he thought that was actually going to happen.
Seriously, did Tariq start using the pills he was selling at Choate? Because that would explain a lot about why he was not only a few fries short of a Happy Meal, but he was missing the burger, the drink, and the goddamn toy.