You guys are making it really hard. If it's not copyright protected, A.K.A. if it's on a DVD-r that you or a friend or relative or that level of work made, then most likely you can just direct copy the *.vob file from the disc to your hard drive. If it let's you do this, then you're set.
Right click on the *.VOB file and select "open with media player" (or click "open" and select "media player" as the program to use). If it plays, then all you have to do to make Premier or etc... see it is change the *.vob extension to *.mpg.
Cheap, I know, but vob coding is just another form of mpeg, so the extension change really doesn't affect the file. To make it even more compatible with stuff (vob and mpg are compressed files and may look jerky in some editors) use Canopus Pro Coder to convert it to "editing DV" or whatever your favorite format is.