Current article from the Scotsman quotes draft board as saying that fully staffing the draft boards is no big deal. I feel so much better now that, according to the officials involved, it's just a coincidence that the draft boards are being staffed again. Here's an excerpt from the article to put your minds at rest:
A routine notice advertising the need for people to serve on U.S. draft boards has prompted a flurry of press reports suggesting the Pentagon may restart the military draft.
But officials have denied any such moves.
"There are no secret discussions," said Pat Schuback, a spokesman for the Selective Service System, the government agency that would be in charge of conscription if the United States had it. "We aren't doing any planning that we don't do on a routine basis." (emphasis in italics mine -Manix)
Full article here:
http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2161772